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THE SHOW WO RLD 


November 12 ,1910. 


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ise nothing for you to equal these 
certainties. 


A QUARTER OF A CENTURY OF UNINTER¬ 
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EN TOUR SEASON 1910 

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THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AMUSEMENT WEEKLY 

Published at 87 South Clark Street Chicago, by The 5HOWJQORLI? Publishing Co. 


Entered as Second-Class Matter 
June 25,190". 


Warren A.Patrick, General Director. .ftKSS 


Jhe Show Peoples Newspaper 


CHICAGO. NOVEMBER 12. 1910. 


For Jill Kinds of Show People 


WHITE RATS TO JOIN 
FEDERATION OF LABOR 

I Samuel Gompers Says New Organization Will be Known as 
White Rats Actors’ Union of America 


K, & E. AND CORT 

REACH AN AG REEMENT 

Open Door in Truest Sense Now Prevails in 1500 Theaters 
in United States—Shuberts Still Fighting 


_ Jork, Nov. 7.—It was announced 

J night by Samuel Gompers that the 
'lute Rats pf America and the Actors’ 
11 itional Union had consolidated and had 
mated with the American Federation 
Labor. The new organisation will 
known as the White Rats Actors’ 
Ion of America, with a membership of 
)0. The consolidation was the result 
a conference today, after several 
i, onths of correspondence. About two 
nfonths ago a tentative agreement was 
reached and Mr. Gompers was appointed 
jrbttrator to settle such questions as 

-* The conference was held In the Hotel 
Victoria and was the outcome of several 
months of Correspondence and conference 
ft different times. About two months 
ago there was a tentative agreement be- 
1 tween the two organizations by which 

I they agreed to come together, and Mr. 
Bompers was appointed as an arbitrator. 
4r umpire, of the questions which would 
frlse. lie was successful in winning the 
White Rats over to the national organ- 
.Jation. Representing the White Rats at 
'file meeting were Junie McCree, George 
Jfsmonde and Harry Mountford, while 
| the Actors’ National Union was repre- 
sentd by Harry Deveaux, James L. Barry 
and Lew Morton. 

Mr. Gompers explained that the offi¬ 
cers of each of the combined organiza¬ 
tions would continue to serve in con- 
) junction with each other until the first 
I annual meeting of the new organization. 


tion under discussion for some time and 
from the above it is likely that the two 
societies have gotten together. The 
American Federation of Labor meets at 
S’t. Louis, November 14. Harry Mount- 
ford, representing the White Rats, and 
Harry Deveaux, of the Actor’ Union, 
will be there. A scamper is being ar¬ 
ranged by White Rats at which Mount- 
ford will make an address. 

John Nemo, president of Local No. 4, 
of Chicago, was to have gone to Cincin¬ 
nati tliis week to organize a local, but 
his plans were changed when advices of 
consolidation came from New York. 
Tom White, another organizer for the 
A. I. U., and a member of Local No. 22, 
of Boston, was here early in the week, 
en route to St. Louis, where an appii- 
cation has been made for a charter. 
He had intended organizing a local there 
and may go ahead with the wont. 

John Nemo found that the managers 
of theater requiring union acts occas¬ 
ionally desired to play colored perform¬ 
ers so he_has gotten together twenty- 
five signers and application may be 
made for a charter for a local to have 
membership among colored artists. 

George Delmore, “little chief’ of the 
White Rats, who is now in Chicago, re¬ 
ceived a telegram Tuesday telling of the 
consolidation and stating that the or¬ 
ganization would become a part of the 
American Federation of Labor and be 


There has been a plan for consolida- known as the White Rats Actors’ U nion. 

she has been married in the good old- 

fashioned way. She is to retire from 
the cast of "The Bachelor Belles" some 
time after the New York opening and 
return to her English home to await an . 
event of exceptional importance in the 
family history of Frank Isitt (Miss 


EVENT OP IMPORTANCE 

MAKES GENEE WITHDRAW 

(Special to The Show World.) 

New York, Nov. 9. It is said that 
Adelaide Genee, the wonderful Danish 
danseuse who now heads “The Bachelor 
Belles” company, is soon to prove that Genee’s husband). 


After much dickering and many de¬ 
lays, the National Theater Owners’ As¬ 
sociation, of which John Cort is presi¬ 
dent, has reached an agreement with 
Frohman, Klaw & Erlanger, and the 


of this country. There have been_ 

of this agreement^ and many denials of 

authoritative announcement is now made 
and peace has been declared. 

It was announced in the daily papers 
that the Shuberts had also signed the 
agreement and that the warfare between 
the rival theatrical camps was at an 
end, but this does not appear to be true. 
It is contended that the war will be 
carried on with the usual fierceness in 
the larger cities at least for the present. 
There are some, however, who profess to 
see a general cessation of warfare in 
this new plan of things, and it may be 
only a matter of time before all hostili¬ 
ties cease. 

James Wingfield, one of the Chicago 


from John Cort In New York confirming 
the signing of the agreement which per¬ 
mits any theatrical firm to book any at¬ 
traction in any of the 1,500 theaters in 
the association. Herbert C. Duce, west¬ 
ern representative of the Shuberts, also 
confirms the announcement. Neither one, 
however, will say that the Shuberts have 
entered into the pact. Last week Marc 
Klaw denied emphatically that any such 
agreement had been made or was likely 
to be made. The Show World wired 
Messrs. Klaw & Erlanger for a state- 


Ml. the theatrical war . .. 

progress. There has been a scarcity of 
good attractions and many of the houses 


have been dark a good share of the time. 
Under the new plan, any theater man¬ 
ager is enabled to book any attraction 
he sees fit, and this puts the theaters 
back in the same regime that was in 
force thirty years ago. John Cort has 
been fighting for this ever since the new 
organization was formulated. The New 
York Morning Telegraph, which, it is 
claimed, is the mouthpiece of the so- 
called theatrical syndicate, has the fol¬ 
lowing to say in part in regard to the 
agreement: 

"The expected has happened—John 
Cort and the National Theater Owners’ 
Association have made peace with the 
Theatrical Syndicate. Henceforth, Froh¬ 
man, Klaw & Erlanger will book their 
attractions and those they represent i: 


-~A announcement of tl..„ ...... 

of things, which means the salvation of 
the smaller cities, was brief and simple, 
as follows: 

“ ‘An agreement was reached yesterday 
between Frohman, Klaw & Erlanger and 
John Cort, representing the National 
Theater Owners’ Association, whereby 
the attractions of the former will here¬ 
after be booked in the houses controlled 
by the National Theater Owners’ Asso¬ 
ciation. This clears up the general the¬ 
atrical situation.’ 

“That was all. It contained little news 
to those close to the theatrical situation. 
The Shuberts are not mentioned in the 
agreement. A child by the simplest 
problem in arithmetic must have been 
able to determine that the one-night and 
remote theaters positively could not 
exist without the attractions controlled 
by the Syndicate. Expert showmen long 
ago declared that the end must come by 
January 1. Others predicted that the 
National Owners could not maintain 
their position until Thanksgiving Day.” 


Sid 3. Euson’s Theater Will be Called 
Casino and Offer Popular Three-a- 
Say Bills. 

The Casino, formerly known as the Sid 
l Euson theater, at the corner of Clark 
and Kinzie streets, will offer popular 
Price vauveville beginning November 20. 
M. B. Schlessinger will be the manager. 
The house has been entirely remodeled 
'■ md redecorated and about $75,000 has 
been expended in putting the place in 
shape for the venture. 

Jules Hurtig has been in Chicago su¬ 
perintending the alterations. New floors 

I htye been laid, a new stage has been 
Put in, and new seats and new decora¬ 
tions have been added. A handsome en¬ 
trance has been built in Clark street, 
ana many other Improvements have been 
,*tnade. Mr. Schlessinger, who takes 
charge, has been identified with several 
important theatrical ventures and is well 
known in Chicago. 

The house will offer three bills daily, 
° u " e J n the afternoon and two at hight. 
Messrs. Hurtig & Seamon are present- 
"L' aUtlevllle in the east, and they 
I a sensational bill for the open- 

< mfmK 11 18 j nt e r esting to note that other 
of . the Schlessinger family are 
mi h ? ased successfully in the theatri- 
I «W U „ S J n fii s ’ ,P US Schlessinger is man- 
Grand in New York, the 
Collan house, and has been a 
manager. Leon Schlessinger, 
t?lth g'. y J n i he l ? ox offlce a ‘ ‘he Colonial: 

Sam Harris, formerly in the box 
vim!-. Powers’, is interested in the 
mtnthLt!? Laf& y e tte, Ind., and will 
vRS TJ™** wlth popular price vaude- 
anotw 14 ’ M - s - Schlessinger, 

hither, is about Vi open a 
J hippodrome in Newark, N ,J„ 
»Mch will seat 1,200 on the lower floor 


CHICAGO AMERICAN 
WILL “REPORT” PLAYS 

Dramatic “Reviewer” Constance Skinner Will Express Her 
Opinions in Her Own Plays—Represents Vital Change 


Miss Constance Skinner, who for sev¬ 
eral years has been the dramatic editor 
of the Chicago American, has left that 
paper, and hereafter dramatic criticism 
will not be a feature of that newspaper. 
The story is that Arthur Brisbane, the 
big chief in New York, has stated that 
when a producer or producing company 
spends $30,000 or $40,000 on a big pro¬ 
duction, and then hire3 high salaried 
men to put it on and promote it, a 
newspaper has no right to send a small 
salaried person to the theater to pick 
flaws in it. This new policy, then, will 
go into effect next week, and hence¬ 
forth the Chicago attractions will sim¬ 
ply be reviewed, and not criticized. Jack 
Handley will be in charge of the dram¬ 
atic page and will look after the news 
of the theaters. 

Miss Skinner will devote her time to 
play writing and she has had a western 
play accepted by the Shuberts. Miss 
Skinner is from the Pacific coast, and 
began her theatrical career as a critic 
at the age of sixteen. 

Representative managers of Chicago 
state that the new policy of the Ameri¬ 
can is in line with the ideas held by 
managers and producers universally. 


“The New York Herald has operated 
along those lines for many years and 
successfully,” said Harry Askin of the 
Grand opera house. “There is much 
news to be found around the theaters, 
and it is_news that is of interest to the 


-.- attraction. They tell the stories 

of the plays and tell how the audiences 
receive them, and that is all there is to 
it. It is not a bad idea at all, and it 
might work out all right in Chicago. The 
Chicago critics have been eminently 


kind to me and I have no fault t 
with any of then “ 

Sam Lederer, r 
contei * - 

fair i 


find 


Sam Lederer, manager of the Olympic, 
intends that dramatic criticism is un- 


r particulars e 


- .mm big mercantile 

house in Chicago that patronizes the 
newspapers. If this house advertises a 
sale of silk, the newspaper does not send 
a reporter to that store to tell the pub¬ 
lic that the sale is a fake, or that the 
so-called silk is only near-silk. The pro¬ 
ducer puts on his show. It may be a 
drama, a comedy or a farce. He adver¬ 
tises it as a drama, a comedy or a farce. 
The public wants to be amused, and it is 
invited to see the attraction. It is not 
fair for a person to come to the theater 
and form his individual opinion and 
then send it broadcast throughout the 
(Continued on Page 15.) 


(Special to The Show World.) 

Detroit, Mich., Nov. 9.—Jacques Kru¬ 
ger, an actor with “The Follies of 1910,” 
which played the Detroit opera house 
all of last week, died at Harper Hos¬ 
pital Saturday night as the result of 
injuries which he sustained in falling 
from the fly-floor of the theater during 
the Wednesday evening performance. 
Mr. Kruger’s leg was broken in three 
places and his fall brought about heart 
and kidney trouble, which prevented his 
recovery. The man was sixty-nine years 
of age and physicians say that his ad¬ 
vanced age was very much against him. 

Kruger represented “John D.” on the 
program, and in the course of the per¬ 
formance his associates were wont to 
pin wings upon his shoulders and in¬ 
vite him to ascend to heaven, “since 
he was too good for this earth.” A wire 
was used in hoisting the performer from 
the stage, and on Wednesday evening 
this wire broke Just as Kruger had about 
completed his trip into the flies. The 
actor landed upon his feet in the cen¬ 
ter of the stage, but his brittle bones 
could not withstand the violent Jar. 

After the accident Kruger was hur¬ 
ried to Harper hospital, where for a 
time he seemed to be recovering. Sat¬ 
urday morning his condition changed 
for the worse and he died Saturday 
night. 

The deceased was a widower. The 
company management telegraphed his 
people in New York City. 

Kruger had had a notable career in 
minor comedy parts, appearing at dif¬ 
ferent times with Henry E. Dixey, Dig- 
by Bell, and many other leaders in the 
theatrical profession. He was especial¬ 
ly well liked by his associates in the 
“Follies” company. 






















4 


THE SHOW WORLD 


OLD MILL STREAM RUNS AWRY 

Tell Taylor, Chicago Music Publisher, Charged with Plagiarism—Remarkable 
Similarity Between Two Songs Shown 


By C. P. McDONALD, Show World Music Editor 

“FOR I DREAM OF YOU " “DOWN BY THE OLD MILL STREAM” 









































































































































November 12, 1910. 


THE SHOW WORLD 


» 


WILES OF TH E “SHARK ” PUBLISHER 

Some Pointed Statements of Interest to Amateur Song Writers Who Pay Out Hard Cash to 
Have Their Compositions Printed 

By C. P. McDONALD, Show World Music Editor 


The “shark” publisher, a specie of 
publisher who takes money from ama- 
i tear song writers for the publication 
of his or her songs, leading his vic¬ 
tim to believe that commensurate mon¬ 
etary profits are to be had from the 
sales of the published product, is the 
outgrowth of greed and overproduction. 
! He is one of the greatest menaces to 
: the music publishing business and a 
[ detriment to all honest publishers. 
I He is a gold-bricker who preys upon 
I the ignorance of those persons who 
j have no knowledge of the game—the 
] publishing game as it is played to¬ 
day, a game of most strenuous en¬ 
deavor, of small profits, of enormous 
outlay, and of ever increasing energy; 
j a game wherein the participants ever 
are tearing at each other’s throats; a 
game of uncertain stability and of an 
equally uncertain future; a game of 
chance, wherein the dice must roll 
favorably once in every three times or 
the thrower perforce has to withdraw; 
a game in which the player dares not 
stake his all on the turn of a single 
card; a game in which piracy runs wan¬ 
tonly and unchecked; a game that once 


You do not! 

Can you find . 

t a branch office of _ _ _ 

publisher a professional copy of 


the main offices or 
single ^"shark” 


-n not? 

Can you show a check for a hundred 
dollars that you received from a "shark" 
publisher which represents royalties on 
a number for which you paid to have 
published? 

Does the fact that a thousand or five 
hundred copies of a song have been 
printed and placed upon the shelves in 
a publisher’s stock room make that song 
popular? 

It does not! 

Do you know of any song published 
for $35 or $50 that has attained popu- 


those engaged ... ... Ll ,_ 

gether and concentrate their energies 
has settled down to the humdrum of 


AMATEUR SOSO WRITERS! 

IP YOU IMAGINE THE 
“SHARK” PUBLISHERS HAVE 
YOUR INTERESTS AT HEART 
WATCH THE SHOW WORLD 
TOR WHAT MANY OP THE SUC¬ 
CESSFUL MUSIC PUBLISHERS 
HAVE TO SAY REGARDING 
THEM AND THEIR METHODS 


: repulsive features 


And into this 
pubiisher rears 

■ , v , ours ln his rapacious maw w 
Thi a S't g F?, ed his helpless victim. 

. Tbe shark publisher does not belong 
s hh, 0 ,HU US £ Publishing business. He 
016 escutcheon of an enter- 
matroyers h need8 boosters rather than 
{ ,.,?“ b “ ldened by the success of other 
“"a Publisher after another 
rias embarked in this apparently lucra- 
of swindling the embryonic 
!?”*, For it is a swindle—a 

? a “ d °i the most flagrant character, 
whn h™ the .song writers themselves, 
who have written one or two songs of 
more or less popularity, have seen fit 
with ranks - They have done so 

6 set P ur P os e of separating the 
sonK writer from his or her 
J!°P ey ; . They ha , ve held out inducements 
ana made promises impossible of ful- 
wrl ‘ er of first-class lyrics 
l0 * dles needs the mus ic or the 
IP™, °* amateur writers. But some of 
™“need their proportion of the $35 
th n y 'barge the beginner, 
niihInn,i* 1 swindles, the “shark” music 
tlv« m g ? wlndle is prolific of attrac- 
Jiferature. The arguments ad- 
! amateur 1 convincing to the so-called 
mnateur, but glaringly ludicrous and 
Pure hocus-pocus to the person who 
underlying principles of the 
2£‘ m ate end of the business. Veiled 
| ihimsenee* 0 fabulous wealth are in 
' !SS? d “«*- . They are veiled and deal 
JP™.,?ubterfuge because the postal au- 
nnehlie 3 som e years ago restricted the 
assertions and set rigid rules 
S2?” d , the limitations of which the 
■snark today dare not venture. But 
we many essential factors which go to 
make a publication popular and salable 
f™ not ® ven touched upon in the circu- 
“«h»rv“ n r Pamphlets Issued by these 
•bark concerns. 

the World wishes to propound 

the following questions to the so-called 
amateur song writers. Read them care- 
fni ly .orf OU fln<1 ln them much food 
our 8 ™22 s , thought ’ And d ° not take 
, T for thc answers appended 

’ wlhiu Investigate for yourself, as 
Usher »h°, ne C any legitimate pub- 

thinks of the “shark.” 
for 1® t0 ? blde by hls reply, 

of thlm h i v ? the statements of many 
s»tterfnlr statements that are not at all 
•sdhtl 12£ laudatory of the “shark” 
:e eonrt h0dS 'ai In< ’ dentally they wIn 


You do not! 

Do you know of any song published 
at the author’s expense that is adver¬ 
tised in theatrical and music trades’ 
journals? 

Can you name a single song, published 
at the writer’s expense, on which the 
publisher has spent one dollar in pro¬ 
moting it? 

There are numerous other questions 
we might present for your considera¬ 
tion, but those already given are of suf¬ 
ficient weight to cause any thinking 
person to pause and study the situation. 
No person will quietly submit to hav¬ 
ing a stranger deliberately extract $36 
or $50 from his pocket. Yet that is 
what the “shark” publisher is doing. 
And all you have to show for it is your 
name on a title page. That means ab¬ 
solutely nothing to a recognized song 
writer. As a natural sequence it means 
even less to you. Of course you may 
wish to gratify your vanity and have 
privately printed a song of which you 
are the writer. That is irrelevant to 
the issue under discussion. But even 
then you can print your own song for 
less than the $50 charged you by the 
“shark,” for the difference between the 
actual cost of publication and the amount 
he charges you represents his profit from 
the transaction. 

Jerome H. Remick & Company, per¬ 
haps the largest popular music publish¬ 
ing concern in the world, conduct a 
manuscript department for the publica¬ 
tion of songs by so-called amateurs. 
Their proposition is legitimate, so far 
as we have been able to learn, and the 
advice given by them to the beginner 
is in direct contradiction of the prom¬ 
ises made by the “shark” publishers. 
They say: 

“After a year's trial of a music pub¬ 
lishing plan for songs and instrumental 
numbers for unknown writers on a roy¬ 
alty basis, we have decided to abandon 
it, and state plainly that the result was 
a failure, for the simple reason that it 
is impossible for a publisher to make 
a piece of music popular without the 
assistance and co-operation of the author 
or composer, and that no matter how 


AMATEUR SONG WRITERS! 

IF IT IS WORTH $35 OR $50 
TO YOU TO SEE YOUR NAM* 
ON A TITLE FAGE, NEGOTIATE 
WITH THE “SHARK” PUBLISH¬ 
ERS. IF YOU EXPECT TO 
MAKE SONG WRITING A BUSI¬ 
NESS, MAKE THEM FAY YOU 
A ROYALTY. WHY FURNISH 
THE BRAINS AND THE MONEY, 
TOO? 


Wor?rt £° d fading, and The Show gives them 

It - r i d ,J"ay In a subsequent issue deem -‘ ~ 

abl ? t0 P rlnt them: 

1, of one Performer who 

a 2 0ng by an author who 
Paid to have it published? 


why he solicits the publishing of the 
novice in that line, and where the 
enormous profits we mention come in. 

“We have decided that we would not 
hold out any inducements to composers 
or writers, and prefer to have them look 
upon the publication of a musical manu¬ 
script as a speculation pure and simple, 
advising those who still look favorably 
upon the royalty promises of the un¬ 
scrupulous publisher that such induce¬ 
ments are not -worthy of consideration. 

“We do not advise anyone to risk the 
amount required in financing the first 
edition, unless they can afford to do so 
without inconveniencing themselves in 
any way, or if they see their way clear 
to sell enough of t' “—* *■ 

amply repay them f 
the outlay. There a 
be made in songs 
music, but we dare not, nor will we pre¬ 
dict success, and we bid you beware 
of the publisher who does.” 


s first edition 
• their work and 
still fortunes to 


AMATEUR SONG WRITERS! 
ALL FIRST CLASS MUSIC 
PUBLISHERS ARE LOOKING 
FOR EXCEPTIONAL SONGS. 


WARRANT PUBLICATION. 

IT IS, ANY ONE OF THEM WILL 
PUBLISH IT FREE OF COST 
AND FAY YOU ROYALTY. 


We shall continue to print stories 
about the “shark” publisher and his way 
of doing business. Meanwhile we advise 
the novice who expects to reap a re¬ 
ward from his writings to steer clear 
of the “shark.” All publishers are look¬ 
ing for exceptional songs. If yours is 
original and novel, you will experience 
little difficulty in placing it with a re¬ 
liable publisher, who will gladly pub¬ 
lish it at his own expense and also 
pay you an adequate royalty. The 
“shark" will charge you $35 or $50 for 
publishing the same song and pay you no 
royalty. Therein lies the difference be¬ 
tween the legitimate and the “shark” 
publisher. 

Think it over! 


FROM THE PRESS AGENT 


The J. Fred Helf Co. 

J»Fred Helf has begun the most novel 
demonstration tour ever attempted by a 
publisher of popular songs. During the 
next ten weeks Mr. Helf, assisted by a 
staff of six demonstrators, consisting of 
four entertainers and singers and two 
pianists, will visit Philadelphia, Pitts¬ 
burg, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, De¬ 
troit and Buffalo. He will bring with 
him the grandest array of song successes 
ever produced by one house at one time, 
~ “Play That Barber Shop 


meritorious a song or an instrumental 
number may be, there is always a chance 
of it never being heard outside of the 
radius of the composer's circle of friends 
and acquaintances, or in his home town. 
It is therefore wrong for a publisher 
to lead the aspiring composer to believe 
that he can and will do that which is 
impossible; provided the composer will 
buy a certain number of copies or pay 
for the publication of his work with the 
assurance that the publisher will adver¬ 
tise them and by this method sell them 
and pay the composer a royalty on all 
copies sold. 

“The nigger in the fence is that the 
price some of these publishers charge 
cheap editions they furnish 
— - clear profit of over 500 
per ceni, aim ihat is all they care for. 

"Compare the editions issued by these 
publishers for the amateur with the 
regular copies they issue for their own 
writers’ compositions and you will see 


Harry B. Smith and Robert B. Smith, t 
latter having gone recently to Carlsbad, 
where the story is enacted, in search of 
photographs, sketches and accuracy of 
detail, or what is often referred to as 
“local color.” 

To avoid interpolations by other com¬ 
posers if, in the rewriting of the book 
the producers find additional musical 
numbers are required, Herr Reinhardt 
has volunteered to come to New York 
to supply them. 

„ Jos. W. Stern & Co. will publish “Die 
Sprudelfee” music. 


THE PEOPLE’S COLUMN 


delfee,” the much-coveted Viennese c_ 

ic opera by A M. Willmer and Julius 
Wilhelm, with what is reported to be a 
charming score by Heinrich Reinhardt, 
has been secured for Christie MacDon- 

There has been a lively competition 
among theatrical producers for this ve¬ 
hicle, which has been favorably com¬ 
pared with “The Dollar Princess,” one 
enthusiastic critic in Berlin placing it 
on a par with “The Merry widow” for 
general popularity. 

Miss MacDonald saw the opera while 
abroad this summer and cabled her man¬ 
agers of her belief that Americans would 
enjoy it. They found that C. B. Dilling¬ 
ham already had secured the American 
rights through M. Dippel and had in¬ 
tended to present it here with Frltzi 
Scheff in the title role. During the in¬ 
terval Miss Scheff had left the Dilling¬ 
ham management and he offered to 
transfer the rights to Miss MacDonald 
if M. Dippel would give his consent. 


the American rights to another firm of 
producers here if Mr. Dillingham chose 
to allow his option to expire. Wishing 
to acquiesce with M. Dippel’s wishes, 
however, they agreed yesterday to trans¬ 
fer it for Miss MacDonald’s use for an 
additional bonus of $1,500, which was 
promptly remitted. 


Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 18, 1910. 

Dear Sir: I heartily appreciated your 
review of “Just Plain Jane,” and as It 
came from a candid, competent, conscien- 
cious critic, I value it all the more. 
Again thanking you, I am cordially, 
(Signed) Frank Strickland. 

203 North Fifty-third street. 

Montgomery, Ala., Oct 23, 1910. 

Dear Sir: I want to compliment you 
on the splendid work you are doing 
through your columns and the way you 
are opening people’s eyes. This goes, 
especially for a large majority of the 
performers, who think that they can’t 
“get by” with anything in the comedy 
line Unless it is coarse and suggestive. 
No other paper has ever dared publish 
anything else than the “dope” handed 
out by the publishers themselves, and 
your paper certainly fills a long felt 
want. Wishing you and your paper all 
the success in the world, I beg to re¬ 
main, sincerely yours, 

(Signed) J. Russel Robinson. 

My dear Mr. McDonald: I am enclos¬ 
ing, for reviewing, a copy of “Wouldn’t 
You Like to Take a Little Girl to 
Raise? a number just from the press. 
I believe that music publishers, at least, 
should send you an early copy of any of 
their productions—for better or worse. 
Candidly, this song is intended for sou- 
brets, consequently forgive the “ginger.” 
and accept the author’s word that, 
though suggestiveness could have been 
placed in the lyric, this phase was in¬ 
tentionally avoided. Faulty diction? The 
writer of the words has and is a "Fourth 
floater, but perhaps you have never 
Hi®?, *8 sel1 a number to a publishing 
institution, and consequently do not resi¬ 
ze what the demands are. Easy flowing 
lines are desired, and grammar is a 
stranger to the lyrics of many a success. 
The melody is by the composer of “Stop 
Your Blushing, Rosie.” (Yes, Leo Ben- 
net wrote that melody.) Go ahead, try 
the piece, and tell your readers about it. 
Should you condemn it, make it strong, 
for the burlesque shows will then de¬ 
mand it, and the latter are very good 
creators of demand for the publishing 
houses. The more, the merrier. Should 
you chance to like the song—thanks. 

Yours very truly, 

(Signed) Dave Radford. 


AMATEUR SONG WRITERS! 

FROM TIME TO TIME 
SCHEMES TO SEPARATE THE 
UNWARY FROM THEIR MONEY 
HAVE BEEN AFLOAT IN VARI¬ 
OUS FARTS OF THE COUN¬ 
TRY. NUMEROUS “SHARK” 
£2I£J SHEBS NOW ARE AD- 
™ R J ISIlm EXTENSIVELY FOR 
SONG POEMS AND MUSICAL 
COMPOSITIONS BY AMATEUR 
BONG warnme 
VERT 
TURE 

iLLUninu. XOU WOULD GATH¬ 
ER FROM A PERUSAL THERE¬ 
OF THAT VAST SUMS OP 
MONEY ARE TO BE MADE 

ekom the mere publica¬ 
tion OF A SONG. 

THE SHOW WORLD ISSUES 
THIS WARNING IN YOUR BE¬ 
HALF : BEWARE OF THE 
“SHARK” PUBLISHERS WHO 
CHARGE YOU FROM $35 TO $50 
JO® PUBLISHING YOUR SONG. 
YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE FROM 
THE SALE OF ANY SUCH SONG 

the equivalent of your 

INITIAL EXPENDITURE. 

















6 


THE SHOW WORLD 


November 12, isio. 


RELIABLE RECORD OF VAUDEVILLE ACTS 


,(E. E. MEREDITH HEWS SERVICE, ROOM 216, 167 DEARBORN ST.) 


CARRIE DE MAR. 

Billing'—Character Songs. 

Class—“B." No. 485. Time—20 Mm- 

Ut Seen—Majestic, Chicago, Nov. 7, 1910. 
Place on Bill—Next to Closing. Num- 


Scenery Required - 

(Five Special Drops). 

Remarks—Carrie De Mar’s contribu¬ 
tion to vaudeville is little short of a 
production. For each of her songs she 
makes a costume change and the scenic 
equipment is so elaborate that the offer¬ 
ing becomes the most pretentious pre¬ 
sented by a single entertainer. For 
“Three Days on the Ocean’ a company 
of two appears for a moment. Three 
Days on the Ocean” is programmed as 
her latest number. The deck of a steam¬ 
ship is shown and the delights of an 
ocean voyage are portrayed followed by 
the unpleasantness of seasickness, which 
is made laughable by this clever come¬ 
dienne. Her first song is ' The Hobble 
Skirt.” Her costume is a travesty on 
the late fashion and it is sufficiently in¬ 
teresting to introduce the following 
songs. “Looking for a Man is the sec¬ 
ond number and the drop shows a suf¬ 
fragette meeting. Miss De Mar takes 
her place as speaker and sings a song 
of woman’s rights which scores, though 
it runsa littlf long. “Come to Bed” is 
the third number. It is a kid song 
and is followed by moving Pictures of 
Miss De Mar following out the idea of 
the number and proving entertaining 
during the wait. “Poor Old Cocka- 
doodledo,” her fourth song, is made 
strikingly superior to other Chantecler 
numbers by elaborate scenery and the 
best costume of the kind yet displayed 
“Three Days on the Ocean is used to 
close. Miss De Mar has been slighting 
Chicago since becoming a headliner, but 
she will not be permitted to do so in. 
the future.__ 

LOLA MILTON & CO. 

Billing-^That^GirL’^ Tlm(J _ 15 Mln _ 


F 0 Remarks— That audiences like woman 

SSKW S«r|gr w|en3 

KSPSfe&SSS® 

1=T 

Mabel Hite Miss Milton represents a 

ffitce of a fashionable woman arriving 

£r d Tn%T% y Jret C °“ The^younl 
lady’s name in the playlet is Cook and 

tume, they play saxophones,^ ai }J 
verses ^onll'^lv^nTthe^comeffienne 

laughter “Vt^Tl’pSdffi b o&Tfo| 
medium time, bringing both comedy and 
women to a bill. 

CABARET’S DOOS. 

Billing—Animal Act. 

Class—-“C.” No. 490. Time—12 Min- 


Show. Number of r 
women, 1; number of 

Soenery Required—Full Stage. 

Remarks—Cabaret lends an au v*. 
magic to his act, in addition to the usual 
routine, which is run through in capital 
style. He has a dog which secretes 
Itself in a little chest and is no more 
than hidden from view until it walks 
out of a little dog house on the opposite 
end of a long table on which most of 
the tricks are performed. For a con¬ 
cluding number the trainer attempts to 
move this table, which is on rollers, but 
he cannot; the six fox terriers put their 
forelegs on a rail which is in front and 
move the table easily. The trainer tries 
again and fails and the dogs once more 
show the audience that it is easily done. 
There is a little dog which rides a 
roulette wheel, something like the pony 
in Hickey’s circus, and it makes a fea¬ 
ture worthy of applause. A ferris wheel 
in which the dogs take their position, 
leaping contests in which the clown dog 
goes up and down stairs from table to 
floor to avoid leaping the obstacle, etc., 
make up the body of the work. For a 
climax the dogs ride off stage in an auto¬ 
mobile and after a wreck cross stage 
again, this time pushing the machine. 
A clown dog is entertaining throughout 
The animals are worked by a man, as¬ 
sisted by a lady. A groom places the 
properties. 


Class—“XX.” No. 483. Time—12 Min- 

Seen—Grand, Chicago, Nov. 5, 1910. 

Place on Bill—Next to Closing. 

Scenery Required—Street in One. 

Remarks—Irving Newhoff and Dode 
Phelps are a “new act” to Chicago, 
although both have been seen here in 
other productions. Newhoff is best re¬ 
membered as one of the lads in “Foxy 
Grandpa.”' Both were with “Paradise 
Alley” and their work in that vehicle 
may have suggested the present spe¬ 
cialty. Opening with seven minutes of 
talk, the players are sufficiently clever 
to hold the closest attention, while the 
troubles of the two are disclosed. Pathos 
and comedy are woven together. The 
pathos is sufficiently strong to make the 
offering unusual. The girl displays a 
picture of her mother, in a locket she is 
wearing, and when the boy sees it, all 
dreams of sweethearting are gone, for 
it proves conclusively that she is his 


vious references to amateur nights is 
sufficient to introduce the singing and 
dancing which brings the act to a close. 
Newhoff gets a lot out of “Phoebe Jane” 
and when Miss Phelps joins in the 
chorus, some pretty harmonizing brings 
a big round of applause. Both members 
of the team have likable personalities 
and get a great deal out of the dancing 
which is done in surprising unison. The 
girl is attractive and both have 


THE GREAT HOWARD. 

Billing—Ventriloquist. 
Class—”"” ' T - ' 


. 486. Time—22 Min- 


Seen—Majestic, Chicago, Nov. 7, 1910. 
Place on Bill—Ninth in Eleven-Act 
Show. Number of men, 2. 

Scenery Required—Full Stage (18 Min¬ 
utes) ; One (4 Minutes). 

Remarks—There are a great many 
good ventriloquists nowadays. Howard 


3 entitled t 


5 of his r 


3 the t 


of the most entertaining offerings of the 
kind. He is billed as “The Premier Ven¬ 
triloquist of Scotland” and dresses in 
Scotch Highland costume. He is sup¬ 
posed to be a physician. The rise of the 
curtain shows him toying with a violin. 
The talk which follows makes it plain 
that he is a doctor without patients. He 
is wishing that some one would require 
his services when the bell rings. He 
meets his visitor at the door and 
manipulates the figure so that a stutter¬ 
ing boy walks in and explains that he is 
in search of another young fellow who 
has toothache and was headed for the 
physician’s office when last seen. An¬ 
other ringing of the bell and the second 
dummy, in Scotch costume like the ven¬ 
triloquist, is brought in. He has his 
jaw wrapped up and the physician 


ventriloquist and makes his dummies 
talk entertainly and by using a tele¬ 
phone to introduce the voice of a girl 
singing (it is “Central”) presents three 
different singing voices besides his own. 
The finish in one is where he takes the 
dummv into the auditorium and has it 
address some folks in the audience and 
carry on a conversation with an assist¬ 
ant dressed as an usher. 




-”B.” No. 


_ Grand, Chicago, Nov. 8, 1910. 

Place on Bill—Second in Five-Act 

Scenery Required—Full Stage, closing 

Remarks—J. K. Murray and Clara 
Lane have a little playlet which enter¬ 
tains throughout and gives them the 
opportunity they seek to display their 
fine voices. The grand opera selections, 
which close the act, are brought in 
lightly as though Mr. Murray did not 
realize that the pair are m the front 
rank of singers. He even does comedy 
such as a comedian without any voice 
at all might resort to. It displays a 
modesty which is truly refreshing in 
these days. The plot concerns a newly 
married couple. The wife displays a 
violent temper frequently and the hus¬ 
band gets her promise not to let it get 
the best of her again. A little later she 
overhears him talking over the phone 
to a friend and a conversation in refer¬ 
ence to a bull dog is taken by her to be 
unkind reflections on her and she goes 
at him again hammer and tongs, for¬ 
getting her promise of a little time be¬ 
fore. It is all straightened out but-not 
until the audience has tired itself laugh¬ 
ing. During the action of the playlet 
both of them sing solos which make big 
hits. The operatic finish, burlesqued to 
an extent, is a classy bit which finds 
great favor. 


Time—10 Min- 
Seen—Franklin Theater, Chicago, Nov. 


will rank with other bar artists when it 
comes to tricks performed they give 
most of their attention to comedy and 
from a showman’s standpoint they are 


—Star, Chicago, Nov. 8, 1910. 

Place on Bill—Second in Seven-Act 
Show. Number of men, 2; number of 


_ __ _ _ fering 

way to the big time it will — — 
count of the novelty of having a mixed 
quartet of Indians who attempt grand 
opera selections and render them sur¬ 
prisingly well. Chief Howling Wolf, 
Chief Eagle Horse and two squaws. 
Starlight and Moonbeam, are the sing¬ 
ers, while Mile. Toona plays their piano 
accompaniment from the stage. A feeble 
attempt is made at giving atmosphere. 
A wigwam surrounded by various Indian 
articles attracts the interest at the 
rising of the curtain. Were it not for 
the piano on stage the picture would 
be attractive. Mile. Toona directs with 
the Indians singing with their backs to 
her. It would appear that they could 
sing just as well with her in the orches¬ 
tra and thus improve the picture. Cer¬ 
tain announcements that she makes now 
could be done by cards for her personal¬ 
ity is not such that it adds any particu¬ 
lar value to the act. 


—“D.” No. 493. Time- 

Ut |een—Hamlin, Chicago, Nov. 8, 1910. 
Place on Bill—Next to Closing Six-Act 

Scenery Required—Street in One. 
Remarks—The substitution of George 
Hayes for Pete Mack in this act is an 
improvement, for Hayes does sonae_good 
dancing which does i 1 


enve iwncu - than is 

really presented and thought it took 
handclapping to bring it. 


MERRILL Sc OTTO. 


Scenery Required—Exterior in One. 

Remarks—Man and woman teams, es¬ 
saying songs and talk, would do well 
to see this act. Merrill & Otto’s work 
has only to be seen to explain why in¬ 
ferior acts of the same kind go unappre- 


Class—“B.” No. 496. Time—21 Min¬ 
utes. 

Seen—American Music Hall, Nov. 9, 
1910. 

Place on Bill—Sixth in Nine-Act 
Show. Number of men, 3. 

Scenery Required—Exterior in Two. 

Remarks—The experiences of the 
crew of the wrecked Wellman airship 
prove interesting. Jack Irwin, the wire¬ 
less operator, and another of the crew, 
talk entertainingly while pictures are 
shown. Both are capital talkers. They 
make just as good as S. A. Bristow, 
who makes the preliminary announce¬ 
ment, a duty that fell to Frank Sheri¬ 
dan in New York. 


f tells of the day 


94. Time—22 Min- Class—“D.” No. 487. Time—16 Min- 


Scenery Required—Olio in One. 

Remarks—There is only one interest¬ 
ing thing about the offering of the Bow¬ 
man Brothers. It is where the straight 
blackens up while singing Eddie Leon¬ 
ard’s “Boo-Loo’ song. The talk which 
precedes this and the comedy which fol¬ 
lows is ordinary. The “gambling^ bit 
has been heard in Chicago before. It 
did not get a laugh Monday afternoon. 
The fact is that the Bowmans “flopped 
terribly at the opening performance. 
They seemed accustomed to applause and 
waited for it at times with embarrass¬ 
ing assurance. There was not enough 
appreciation for a bow at the finish. 


most of their attention to < 

a showman’s standpoii— - 

„„ The Henry Brothers realize 
the days of straight bar work are gone 
and few acts have built up more comedy 
than is seen in this offering. All sorts 
of antics are performed to get laughs. 
Both use the comedy clown makeup and 
the work on the bars and the fun-making 
is equally divided between the two. 
Their routine is nicely executed and the 
comedy comes fast, without “stalling. 
The result is a most pronounced hit. 


Place on Bill—Closing. Number 
men, 2; number of women, 3. 

Scenery Required—Full stage. (Spe- 

er? e ^ r ^ther h a e new*aetj Gypsy Sin f 
have been secured recently. Those'little 
points which indicate that the artists 
are not sure of their ground were in evi¬ 
dence. The Thirty-first Street theater 
orchestra is not exactly what is required 
by so pretentious a singing offering and 
a constant beating of time by the solo¬ 
ists made it plain that the act was seen 
at a disadvantage. It promises to work 
into an offering suited to headline 
bills in houses where two shows 
given a night or hold down a position of 
more or less responsibility — 

gest bills. The story tells .. 
when a Gypsy tribe has been . 
from 200 members to five, an old chief¬ 
tain, his three daughters and the son of 
a Gypsy friend. The Gypsy leader is 
unwilling to see the glory of the tribe 
depart and is anxious that the young 
man wed one of his girls. The younger 
Gypsy is adverse to such a course and 
rather than submit, forsakes the tribe. 
A toreador, who has won the heart of 
the maiden, is willing to forsake his 
race and become a wanderer and his re¬ 
ception into the tribe marks the ending, 
a song of jollification. (The deserting 
Gypsy changes to the toreador.) The 
chieftain sings two bass solos which 
stand out among several excellent sing¬ 
ing numbers. The toreador has a tenor 
solo and a duet, “Cavalier,” with one of 
the ladies, which was liberally ap¬ 
plauded. 


^^-“B.” No - 492 - Time—11 Min- 

U Seen—Hamlin, Chicago, Nov. 8, 1910. 

Place on BUI—Closing Six-Act Show. 
Number of men, 4; number of women, 1; 
number of animals, 3. 

Scenery Required—Full Stage. 
Remarks — Riotous laughter while 
“plants” from the audience attempt to 
ride “Obey,” a bucking mule, and fail to 
stand erect on a sort of “Human Rou¬ 
lette Wheel,” proves that Chicago audi¬ 
ences will break loose when given suffi¬ 
cient provocation. When a pony runs 
on the revolving wheel, after young men 
fail to be able to stand on it, the out¬ 
burst of applause if tumultous. Albert 
Hickey invites those in front to ride the 
mule or stand on the revolving wheeL 
The “plants” work the best of any yet 
introduced and half of the audience is 
certain to be fooled when one of them 
inquires how to get on the stage. The 
act opens by Mr. Hickey showing two 
ponies which work the best of any ex¬ 
hibited in a long time. They do as much 
as half the pony acts with six or seven 
animals. The mule is a wonder. He 
withstands every effort to ride him and 
dijhen commanded by the trainer stands 
I his hind feet and spreads defiance to 


----..right posi¬ 
tion. They fall off with many ludicrous 
tumbles. The pony closes the act 
making good speed on the wheel, with 
the picture made for effective by the 
spot. 


Billing—Circus Act. 

Class—“B.” No. 488. Time—11 Min- 

Ut |e«n—Majestic, Chicago, Nov. 7, 1910. 
Place on the BUI—Fifth in Eleven-Act 

S Scenery Required—Full stage. (Spe- 

Ci Remarks—Similar acts will find it 
hard to follow the Six Flying Banvards. 
The act could hardly be improved upon 
unless the comedy of a gymnastic clown 
(Adolph Banvard) could be outdone and 
it requires a gymnast to do it. Leo 
Ferner and Walter Craig are pro¬ 
grammed as the catchers and throwers, 
Fred Banvard as the gentleman leaper 
and double somersault thrower, Maude 
Banvard as the lady leaper and somer¬ 
sault thrower, and Dora Banvard as the 
lady trapeze artist 


No.' 493. Time—19 Min- 

Ut Seen—Hamlin, Chicago, Nov. 8, 1910. 

Place on BUI—Second in Six-Act Show. 
Number of men, 3; number of women, i. 

Scenery Required—Full Stage. 

Remarks—Dressed in colonial costume 
the four musicians various inBt™ 

ments and score decidedly. J. Lucies 
a blind cornetist, renders If I Had tne 
World to Give” and the applause re¬ 
warding him is not from sympathyby 
any means. The lady attempts a vo®l 
number with the men pla ying ..eg g, ! 
clarinet, and piano. It is impossible to 
get any idea of the words of the l 


















THE S H OW WORLD 


7 


Alexander, Hanld—On sixth 

Star; English — An 
piano; fair. ( 


nglis’h comedienne and American 


Areola K Co.—Opening the i 
le Star; musical; pleased. 


REPORTS ON ACTS NOW IN CHICAGO 

(E. E. MEREDITH NEWS SERVICE, Room 216, 167 Dearborn St. 

Noble Si Brooks—On second at the Cir¬ 
cle first half; Billy Noble’s unctious 
comedy, Jeanette Brook’s pretty gowns 
and the clever songs and talk of the pair 
scored decidedly. 

Paul’s Juggling Girls—Opened the show 
at the Willard first half; good. 

Parker, Prank, Si Co.—Opened the show 
at the Franklin the first half; good. 

Rankin, Bob—On second at the Frank¬ 
lin, first half; pleased. 

Rah Rah Boys—Closing the show at 
the Julian; girl act; a little long but 
pleases. 

Rondas & Booth—Closed the show at 
the Apollo first half; everything In this 
act good. 

Sheridan, Prank, Si Co.—On seventh at 
the American Music Hall; sketch; good. 

Santoro, Nick, Si Co.—On third at 
Sittner’s; sketch, introducing prize 
fight; well liked. 

Sherman, DeForrest Si Co.—Closed the 
show at the Willard the first half; a big 


THE DATE MAGINED MULDINI. 


Closing » dittner’s; good. 

Battle of San Dago—Closed the show 
at the Crystal first half; pleased. ^ 


me i-,first half; good. 

Burton, Bicliard—On second 

iTrevetf... 


first half; well liked. 

Beers, Deo—opened the show at the 
Ashland first half; pianalogue; good. 

Bennett Slaters—On second at the 
J Bh fand first half; pleased. 

Caine to Odum—On next to closing at 
like Apollo first half; a big hit. 

Crolius, Dick, to Co.—On fourth at the 
'■r; “shorty”; good. 

fTflills l’*” i Jimmy — On next to closing 
at the Willard the first half; Frank Q. 
f oyle himself admits Callahan was a 
P small sized riot.” 

Consul—Closed the show at the Kedzie 
trst half; working better than ever; very 


Gilroy, Haynes to Montgomery—Closed 
the show at the Ashland the first half; 
a big hit. 

Hoffer, Cora Mickle, to Co.—Closed the 
show at the Thirty-first Street theater, 
first half; pleased. 

Hall to Earle—On second at the Amer¬ 
ican Music Hall; acrobatic; good. 

Hoops, Grace—On second at the Ma¬ 
jestic; singing comedienne; liked. 

Isakawa Japs—Opened the show at the 
Hamlin, first half; acrobatic; good. 

Jackson, Joe—Closing the show at the 
Star; comedy with a wheel; good. 

Johnson, Rose—On third at the Crys¬ 
tal the first half; planologue; a hit. 

Juneaus to Farleigh—Opened the show 
at the Apollo Monday night; very ordi¬ 
nary; replaced on Tuesday night by 
Florence Earl & Co. 

Kent to Wilson—On second at the 
Crystal first half; songs and talk; good. 

Kenna, Charles—On next to closing 

' the American Music Hall; monologue; 


hit o 


the s 


.. walker; good. 

Darts, Daring—Opened the show at 
the Thirty-first Street theater, first half; 

!< Delaphone—On second at the Thirty- 
irst Street theater, first half; liked. 

De Prates, Manuel—Opened the show 
it the Crystal the first half; sensational 


Delmore to Darrell—Closed the show 
at the Circle first half; a return at that 
i house; warmly welcomed Monday night 
lat both shows; good. 

Earl, Florence, to Co. —On third at the 
Apollo first half; sketch; liked. 

• Puller, Douie—Closing the .show 


Puller, Douie—Closing the show at 
t Majestic; “The Ballet of Light”; 

6 piscbtelles Tyrolean Sextette—On third 
at the Willard first half; good. 

Oaletti’s Monekys—On third at the 
Majestic; good. 

Grave to Green—Opening the show at 
the Julian; musical; good. 


Kokin, Mignonette—On sixth at the 
Majestic; impressions of vaudeville 
stars; good. 

Keogh to Prancis—On fifth at Sitt¬ 
ner’s; comedy sketch; good. 

Dloyd Brothers—Closing the show at 
the American Music Hall; rope walking 
novelty; good. 

McCord, Dewis to Co. —On fourth at 
the Hamlin, first half; horse-play which 
amused a part of the audience; very 
fair. 

McDarens, Musical—Opening the show 
at the American Music Hall; musical; 

McKinley, Nell—On next to closing at 
the Julian; his friends boosted strong 
at first show Monday, but to no avail, 
for the act went poorly and only three 
songs rendered; at second show, without 
boosters, McKinley got In form and ren¬ 
dered five sons to big applause. 

Marlowe—On second at Sittner’s; Il¬ 
lustrated songs; good. 

Maley, Dan—On second at the Kedzie 
first half; Italian characterizations and 
=ongs; pleased. 

Morris to Morris—On third at the Ked- 

e first half; fair. 

McGreevy, Mr. and Mrs. Jack—On next 
lO closing at the Kedzie first half; hit 
of the bill. 

Murphy to Francis—On third “* 


Sampson & Douglas—On third at the 

Star; good. 

Trocadero Four—On fourth at Sitt- 
-’ male quartet; fairly well received 


Crystal first half; stopped 
Monday night. 

Victoria, Genevieve—On second a 


the 


Julian; songs and imitations; well 
liked. 

Whittle, W. E—On third at the Jul¬ 
ian; ventriloquist; good. 

Wilson & Cumby—On second at the 
Apollo first half; colored team; good. 

Ward, Klare & Ward—On seventh at 
the Majestic; “The Twin Flats”; comedy 
sketch; very fair. 

Wells, Dew—On fourth at the Ash¬ 
land first half: talk and clarinet play- 

Wild, Al H.—On next to closing at the „ lm , 
Circle first half and registered a solid when 

Wilson Brothers—On fifth at the Star; 
making a big hit. 

Wolf to Dee—On third at the Hamlin, 
first half; singing and talking; poor. 

Weston to Young—On the bill at the 
Lyceum Monday night; replaced Tues¬ 
day by Larrive; refused to do three 
shows a night. 

Wynne, wish—On third at the Amer¬ 
ican Music Hall; good. 

Youngman Family—Closing the show 
at Sittner’s; comedy wire act; a big hit. 

Yoscarrys, Three—On fifth at the 
American Music Hall; acrobatic; good. 



Maginel Mullini, of the Mullini Trio, 
died at Kansas City, Kan., Monday, No¬ 
vember 7, the result of paralysis. He 
was the father of the Mullini Sisters 
and joined their act about a year ago 
when the name was changed to the Mul¬ 
lini Trio. The act just came off the 
Orpheum tour and on Monday night of 
last week the father was found in his 
dressing room suffering from paralysis 
of the right side. He lived one week. 
He was buried November 9 at Kansas 
City. The young ladies will resume their 
sister act. 


_ No. 495. Time—15 Min- 

Beau—American Music Hall, Chicago, 

Nov. 9, 1910. 

Place on Bill—Fourth in Nine-Act 

Show. 

Required—Olio in One. 


VAUDEVILLE NOTES 


Flint, Mich., Nov. 9—There is a very 
good bill at the Bijou this week. It 
was rearranged after the opening per¬ 
formance somewhat, and Kelley & 
Wentworth in “The Village Lockup" 
were moved from an earlier position 
down to closing. This is the last week 
on the Michigan time for the act which 
has proven a tremendous success. Next 
week it plays the Plaza theater in Chi- 


tor of tl_ _ 

a more imposing appearance, Jimmy 
Callahan may tell stories just as well, 
hut when it comes to making good with 
an audience, score one for Joe and it 
la a home run at that. This season Joe 
comes with just the offering he needed. 
There is no “company”; just Joe. He 
tells stories, delivers a recitation and 
almost sings another. All of them make 
good. Pictures of ball players, with ex- 


ETHED WHITESIDE PEEVISH; 

HAS IT IN POR RAIDROAD. 

If Ethel Whiteside ever introduces a 
Joke about a slow train into her act she 
will mention the Burlington and not the 
Baltimore & Ohio. If there is to be a 
jest at the expense of some aggravating 
line it goes without saying that she will 
see to it that the C. B. & Q. is remem¬ 
bered, after the way they treated her 
week. That railroad actually forced 
to buy ten tickets from Chicago to 
Aurora Monday in order to carry a 
''.■ate of scenery. When a kick was 
nade the railroad fellow is reported to 
-rave said that line was not very par¬ 
ticular about theatrical business any¬ 
how. No word has been received from 
Aurora regarding a change in the act 
but a wireless "messageless Kellygraph” 
•ays this joke was introduced at that 

’’The other day I took a trip 

Upon the C. B. & Q. 

I did not take the care to learn 

The Northwestern went there, too.” 


The board of directors of the Majestic 
theater at Madison, Wis., has decided to 
spend $15,000 in improvements at the 
end of this season. 

Ward & Curran and Foster & Foster 
have been booked for the Michigan time 
of the W. V. M. A. 

Lillian Mortimer opens November 21 
at Kalamazoo for a tour of the Michi¬ 
gan time of the W. V. M. A. 

Jack Sutton’s Tasmanian-Van Dieman 
Troupe plays Lansing, Mich., week of 
November 14 and then opens on the 
United time. 

Wallace Baker and Maude Nevison are 
with Redpath’s Nappanees, which was 
recently organized, and are playing the 
“silly kid” and the “sleepy girl.” 

Frank Mostyn Kelley opened last Sun¬ 
day at Louisville for ten weeks of the 
Princess time. 

Ed Roesch, of Seattle, was in Chicago 
a couple of days last week and was 
shown around by Frank Mostyn Kelley. 

Newhoff & Phelps, “The Newsgirl smd 
the Bootblack,” are in Chicago after 
twelve weeks of southern time. They 
are now playing for the W. V. M. A. 

Christensen & Spillard are Pjaying 


Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Schafer leave No¬ 
vember 15 for a four months’ tour of 
Europe in which he will be constantly 
on the watch out for attractions for the 
vaudeville houses controlled by Jones, 
Linick & Schaefer. 

Noble & Brooks are playing Associa¬ 
tion time and will be kept in Chicago for 
three or four weeks. They open on the 
Inter State in January and have book¬ 
ings which will keep them occupied until 
next May. 

James Jones, who has just 


PROF. W. H. VAN DORN AND CO. 

PRESENTS 

THERMOS-ARKTOS 

“THE SNOWBALL ACT” 

Playing U. B. O. Time 


r act which i 


j be full of 


JOHN W. CONSIDINE DDE 

IN CHICAGO NEXT MONDAY 

John W. Consldlne is expected to arrive 
m Chicago next Monday. He is en route 
from San Francisco to New York and is 
.stopping oft at various points. He was 
'ta Denver on Wednesday. 


promise. Al Christensen, known as the 
“Czar of Ragtime,” has been prominent 
in Chicago musical circles for many 
years and Will Spillard has represented 
different Chicago publishers for some 

The Chicago office of Sullivan & Con- 
sidine gave out a number of long routes 
recently. The Two Mascots received 
twenty-four weeks consecutive bookings. 
Other acts made happy were: Martini & 
Maximillian, Billy Van, the minstrel 
Lloyd & Whitehouse, Foy & Clark, Albini 
*«— ™°st), Sugimoto 

Col. Ned 


(time in i 


Japs, Three Cycling Cogswells, Col. I 
Seymour, Haydn, Borden & Haydn, i 
the Avalon Troupe. 

Rush Ling Toy has been given a 
thirty-eight weeks’ route by the W. V. 
M. A. 


CAREY, HOLMES & WELLS 

TWOCIRLSAND A MAN-THAT niftytrio 

PLAYING W. V. M. A. TIME 


in St. Louis, Mo., was in Chicago last 
week. The theater has been open for 
two months and has been doing a nice 
business. A change in policy is inaugu¬ 
rated this week when five acts Instead 
of seven are played, but the idea is to 
offer higher salaried acts and thus im¬ 
prove the show. 

“Consul the Monk” bit the hand of the 
stage manager of the Apollo theater last 
Saturday night. The stage manager was 
standing near a wing when he annoyed 
the monk by a sudden movement and 
Consul rushed off the stage and nabbed 
him. It was only a slight injury. 

The Henry Brothers have a triple bar 
act in which comedy predominates to 
such an extent that the managers con¬ 
sider it too valuable a number to close 
a show and move it up to third or 

Owen & Hoffman are presenting “The 
Benediction" at the Temple in Grand 
Rapids this week. 

WATCH US CLIMB 

CLIFTON ALLEN & CO. 

.....IN- 

“A Bit of Western Life” 

SPECIAL SCENERY 

“US LITTLE KIDS” 

WALLACE MAUDE 

BAKER & NEVISON 

THE SILLY KID AND THE SLEEPY 
GIRL WITH “REDPATH’S NAPPANEES” 

Re-engagement over the Sullivan &. Considine Circuit 

PELHAM 85,Witt? 

Direction C H R 1 S O. BRONN 

The Westons 

NOVELTY ENTERTAINERS 













































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November 12, 



































































































November 12, 1910. 


THE SHOW WORLD 


9 


nprUING OF ARCHER THEATER 
0PEN DELAYED UNTIE NEXT WEEK 

Expanding Screw. Which Were to Fasten 
ChJS«Conld Not Be Placed Owing 
tc Cement Not Being Hard Enough. 

The Archer theater, the newest of the 
1 of family theaters in Chicago 
L frank o. Doyle, could not 


lain of family tncaiers in 
oked by Frank Q. Doyle, could not 
night as had been planned 
the cement’s not being hard 
o use the expanding screws 
x- ..-la .i^e chairs in position. 


& It was: Prentice Four, iiuntli & 
Judd, A1 Weston and Irene Young, Cltf- 
E Allen & Co., Leora Vennette, and 

I 1 The house wifi open Thursday, Novem- 
[ J17 with a bill consisting of the fol- 
MnwinB well known acts: Adgie’s Lions, 
Ceorge Wilson, William O'Brien Troupe, 
18 $ Trank Queen Players, and Harry 


WONDER WHICH IS BEA11Y 

THE ORIGINAL OPERATOR? 

Two "The Operator” companies have 
keen seen recently in Chicago vaudeville. 
For a long time the one in which Lyster 
Chambers appeared was billed as the 
•rieinal and when another playlet opened 
'ere with Rosina Zaleska and Floyd 
Moore in the cast, it was watched 
eagerly and there was great surprise 
Fhen the second company to come along 

ar2Ln*2?tK American'iVTusk: gffi 
L t February. The mixup is a peculiar 
SI It seems that the act was written 
ty Charles Kenyon, a brother-in-law of 
Boyd Moore. It was leased to Lyster 
Chambers, but this arrangement expired 
ibis season as far as the west was con- 
<emed. Miss Zaleska and Mr. Moore 
tlaim to have the entire western rights 
rod that the "first act” seen here is the 
Wringer. The Zaleska-Moore act opens 
tor thirty weeks of Association 

T, lx cols tliat Mica 7.a\ 


livan & Considine tlr 
. Jme each and the acl 
under the direction o 


A New Theater. 




Joe Tinker Join, the Union. 

Joe Tinker played at the Orpheum in 
Sutl(3ay (one day only), 


HKE CROMWELLS, JUGGLERS, 

SCORE BIG HIT IN OMAHA 

! The Cromwells, a late William Morris 
I-importation from England, closed the 
show at the American Music Hall in 
Omaha Neb., this week and reports re- 
' eeived by J. C. Matthews, Chicago rep- 
Iresentative of William Morris, show that 
(they have scored a tremendous success. 

May Build Two Theaters, 
id Milwaukee. Wis.. Nov. 10—The Atlas 
rUmusement Company, composed of T. H. 
'Cochrane of Portage, and Aitkens & 
si Crawford of St. Louis, will erect a thea¬ 
ter here with 1,200 seating capacity, to 
cost $35,000. An option on a lot for 
a second theater has been secured by 
the same firm. 



' Charleston, S. C., Nov. 9.—Te Past¬ 
time Amusement Company has an- 
•nounced that the $60,000 new theater, 
I “The Victoria,” will be open to the pub¬ 
lic within a short time. The Victoria 
will be fitted for high class vaudeville, 
'and is one of the finest structures of 
Its kind in the country, seating 2,000 
people. 


Logansport, Ind., Nov. 9—A new thea¬ 
ter, devoted to vaudeville, is to be built 
here. Contracts have been signed. 


The Four I 'aiming I inhettes i 
name of Marilou Wright’s girl act, 
formerly known as The Four Dancing 
Bells. The change of name was made 
iSently in order to avoid confusion, 
there being other acts using the same 
and similar names. 


DBS MOINES CLOTHIER 

TO TRY VAUDEVILLE 
Webster City, Iowa, Nov. 9.—I. Ruben 
, -..I-- of the clothing- business in 


vaudeville theater in Iowa’s capital - 
in the spring. It will be erected at tne 
corner of West Fifth and Walnut streets 
and will be devoted entirely to vaude¬ 
ville and operated in the same manner 
,*■ Mr. Ruben’s Minneapolis house.— 
Jao. C. Tucker. 


Gary, I _,__ _j_ 

and in order that Jimmy Callahan might 
nave nothing on him, joined the Actors’ 
) gnion. John Nemo, president of Local 
J0. 4, Visited Gary on the same day that 
Tommy Burchill of the W. V. M. A. had 
the baseball player for the house 
and the representative of the union wit- 
j nessed the performance of one of its 
newest members. 

Billboard Was Renewed. 

x 5 ght against billboards as con¬ 
ducted by the various park boards will 
' ;L re . newed ln the near future with the 
assistance of the Municipal Art League. 
xAx„.u P . r , emo . Court recently declared un- 
•'S2?i ut !? n# l the ,aw against the 
Biacine nr boards facing parks and 

xv._ _v„. _.x gtop the 


Hvinc 
ij'iu:,--, ;l 


ilevards, but this v 


d^ 
Nick Santoro 

- The Fi^Wtrintj Newsboy 

Billy Brady 


NICK SANTORO MQ 


The Grand Windup** 

Introducing tie Most Spectacular Fight In Vaudeville 







WORLDS MOST DATING- WIRN5TS" 

-=5 Youngman Family 5 



“LAST HALF” BOOKINGS (NOV. 10-13) 
Prank Q. Doyle Houses. 

Apollo —Caine & Odum, Arthur Troutt, 
Klein & Erlanger, Kent & Wilson and 
Musical Ibsons. 

Crystal— Charles A. Clark & Co- 
George Wilson, The Lavannons, Powell 
& Wilson and Kramer & Willard. 

Garfield—Wills & Barron, Rondas & 
Booth, Pixley & Malatesta and George 
Daum. 

Lyceum—Fischtels’ Tyrolean Sextette, 
Billy Link, Juneaus & Farleigh and 
AM 'ie Mitchell. 

Virginia—Rosina Zaleska and Floyd 
Moore in "The Operator,” Bobbie & 
Hazelle Robinson, Manuel De Frates and 

Wilson & Cumby. _ 

Wilson—Sam J. Curtis & Co., “The 
Battle of San Dago,” Black & Tan, Paul’s 
Juggling Girls and Melroy Trio. 

Willard — Sherman & De Forrest, 
Jimmy Callahan, Twin City Quartette, 
Lamont’s Cockatoos and Holland Trav- 

< r Forest Park Theater—Musical Alward, 
Helen Page, Boyle & Davis and Frank 
Queen’s Comedy Players. 

Essex—Bob and Alice Longley, Zeno & 
Zoa, Jim Dalton and Powell & Wilson. 
William Morris Houses. 

Linden—Violinsky, Marie Dorr, Jarvis 
& Harrison, Toney & Norman and Ra- 

fa ^ertdent—Ellsworth & Linden, Mabel 
McKinley, Marzella & Wolf, Irwin & 
Herzog and Watson & Dwyer. 

Clark—Adelaide Keim & Co., Charles 
E. Colby, Campbell & Brady, Raymond 
Hall and Holman Brothers. 

Ed Lang’s Houses. 

Thirty-first Street—Whitman & Hig¬ 
gins, Rismore, Comar and Myrtle Victor- 
lne. 

SULLIVAN & CONSIDINE HOUSES. 

White Palace—ltedpaths Nappanees, 

National Dancing Trio, Gracie Pause and 
Ch RepuhU^AUce Mortlock & Co.^Suga- 
moto Japs, Pearl Russian Trio, Ray E. 
FU ^l^-Lu r ke n n e, s R Lions; O’Neal Trio 
Charles D. Weber, Buch Brothers and 
Lewis McCord & Co. 

ASSOCIATION HOUSES. 
Kedsis—Consul, Miller & Tcrapest. 
’’ A Night with the Poets, Gardner & 
Revere and Newhoff & Phelps. 

Schindler’s—Gilroy, Haynes & Mont- 
e-omerv Dixon & Hanson, Harrington, 
Mildred’ & Lester and c ^ pt -x9. r _^ 1 }f, m L is . 

ter°sr“Ar N H 0b >Ud Br ”^m^s ret Dre & ^ 

L *Aiihland—4arrett & Matthews, Swain 
& Ostman, Brown & Newman, Dan Maley 

an CirMe^Advance^Musical Four Brad- 
lee, Martin & Co., Dick Lynch and Royal 
Banzai Japs. 

BUCHANAN HOUSES. 

Inf^lrl 0 LyL, T M?: and^Mrt Cossar’ 

a ve?di-Alber’ S Polar Bears Sidney 

The*Mascagnis and Maurice Samuels. 

GEO. W. WILLS CELEBRATES 

25TH YEAR OP HIS ELKDOM 

George W Wills, of Wills & Barron, 
a?l now playing the Frank Q. 
Hoyle circuit in Chicago and are cred- 

i«n h 

f^C^goManl i^ceivhiglhe^con- 
44 at Minneapolis. He c \t y 

rtos °a^d at" t&VanX 

iflM 

SnTmanvhave been 7n the audiences 

V 0 e T *» the%a^g<| 

My 

n o?i|fnal W iSe e Ls° rm Mr ha wmr origlSatef 
the^makeup he is still using ' 

Swron^Mrs 

fas G f^f tI C m a e Stl t e be° f tea K m hl has v^dt 
villed while many changes have meta- 

massing 

world of entertainment. 

George Atkinson’s Humor. 

Dixon, of Dixon and Hanson, was 
walking along State street one day this 
week, when a gust of wind took off his 
hat and sent crown in one direction and 
rim in another. George Atkinson, who 
was parading with him, remarked: 
"Even the actors’ hats are playing split 
weeks now.” 

















































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THE SHOW WORLD 


November 12,1910. 


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liability or responsibility for their safe custody 


November 12, 1910 


Just the same, they can’t buffalo Col. 
W. A. Lavelle. Wow! 

With some of the methods now in 
use it ought to be an easy matter to 
write a popular song. 

Sing a song of six-pence, 

Pocket full of dough. 

See the speculators, 

Then you see the show. 

Rennold Wolf, the “sassy” writer in 
the Morning Telegraph, calls it the 
“Hoping door.” Not bad, eh? 

Geraldine Farrar says dukes are not 
worth a cuss. Jack Johnson thinks dif¬ 
ferently. 

If you see it in Variety you want to 
believe only a small percentage of it. 

It would appear on the face of it that 
educational plays should be offered at 
the College theater. 

Alderman Britten is real angry. He 
says he will see that theater managers 
of Chicago will get three slaps on their 
wrists if they don’t quit dealing with 
speculators. 

The songsmith heard a big success, 

And hastened to his room; 

And there he wrote a brand new song— 

(He swiped the catchy tune). 

A songsmith rhyme. 

Why all this revival of talk concern¬ 
ing the open door, with cold weather 
coming on? 

If Sarah Bernhardt really wants to 
clean up a little real money she should 

take a flier in vaudeville now. 


FWE'CENT PRICE MARKS PROGRESSION 


THE SHOW WORLD has claimed for itself, and its friends have 
claimed for it, that it is the TWENTIETH CENTURY AMUSEMENT 
WEEKLY —that it is the only exponent of Twentieth Century NEWS¬ 
PAPER methods in the amusement field. That is has been selling for 
FIVE CENTS THE COPY on the news stands everywhere for the past 
few months while other amusement weeklies are still listed at ten cents, 
is only one argument that these claims are well founded in fact. 

While THE SHOW WORLD is leading the way in this matter of 
price and is without an equal in the matter of originality in the handling 
of its accounts of things of interest to show people in all departments, 
it does not claim particular praise for its “split price.” That it sells for 
FIVE CENTS THE COPY while other amusement weeklies are only 
purchaseable for twice this amount, is only another indication that its 
publishers are living in the spirit of the times and have their fingers on 
the public pulse. THE SHOW WORLD knows what show people want, 
knows what they are entitled to, and is straining every effort to fulfill 
spirit, moreover, will be the factor which will eventually bring about 
this change. 

THE SHOW WORLD is a paper for show people and those inter¬ 
ested in amusements everywhere, and it courts only the favor of this 
vast army of readers. Its mission is to PRINT THE NEWS— to keep 
its readers posted, specializing in these items of news which pertain to 
the amusement field. IT IS ABSOLUTELY INDEPENDENT AND 
WILL SELL AT THIS PRICE. THE SHOW WORLD’S progressive 
its obligation to the people who make the success of any publication 
possible. IT IS FIRST IN THE FIELD AT THE FIVE-CENT 
PRICE FOR THE REASON THAT FIVE CENTS IS A FAIR PRICE 
FOR AN AMUSEMENT WEEKLY AND BECAUSE IT REALIZES 
THAT SOONER OR LATER ALL AMUSEMENT WEEKLIES 
TRUCKLES TO NO CLIQUE OR COMBINE. In its conduct no 
narrative of an amusement happening, if this narrative is of general in¬ 
terest, can be suppressed for the mere reason that it might offend, as is 
frequently the case in other amusement papers. THE SHOW WORLD 
PLANS TO PRINT THE NEWS ALL THE TIME— and will not vio¬ 
late its rules simply because the truthful NEWS happens to hurt. 

Inasmuch as THE SHOW WORLD is the people’s show paper, its 
management will always welcome any criticism or suggestion of its man¬ 
ner of conduct which may be made by its readers. THE SHOW 
WORLD wants to give the people what they want and will always 
consider any suggestion for the betterment of the quality of service it 
gives which may be sent it. 


Geraldine Farrar got into the lime¬ 
light by using a cussword. Mary Gar¬ 
den, please take note. 

Count that day lost whose low, descend¬ 
ing sun 

Sees not another brand new show-shop 
done— 

In Chicago. 

The Show World, five cents. Think 
of it! TheRecord- Herald please par¬ 
don. 

Another $2,000,000 theater has just 
been completed—on paper. Chicago will 
soon be well supplied with playhouses. 

The billboards which, according to the 
daily papers, have disfigured Chicago 
for so long are just now blazing with 
advertising matter for the daily papers. 
Consistency is indeed a jewel. 

“Henry Kolker as a Savage Star,” is 
tne announcement in a press bulletin 
issued from Henry W. Savage’s office. 
It might be a good idea to muzzle him 
under those circumstances. 

When a Chicago alderman gets stung 
in some manner he usually begins to 
remedy some of the wrongs that the 
rest of the population have had to put 
up with right along. 

If procrastination is the thief of time, 
then the average vaudeville booking 
agent must be some pilferer. 

It has been said that there is honor 
even among thieves, but as to song- 
smiths—well? 


It is just possible, you know, that 
the theaters are compelled to deal with 
speculators in order to get back what is 
taken from them through crooked ad¬ 
vertising agents and their ilk. 

Peter Llanuza is The Show World’s 
new caricaturist. You pronounce it 
Lanooza. Easy enough if you only know 
how. 

Look out for the Christmas number 
of The Show World. It is going to be 
the classiest amusement number ever 
put on the news stands. Better plan to 
get a showing in it right now. 

Fritzi Scheff has been getting a lot 
of press notoriety out of the fact that 
she does not want press notoriety. Such 
is modesty. 

While the Morning Telegraph and 
the New York Review are making faces 
at each other, the general public can 
get the real dope by reading The Show 
World. Subscribe now. 

Some of the Chicago aldermen may 
be angry because they are not declared 
in on the alleged graft in ticket specu¬ 
lation. 

The spectacle of an advertising agent 
riding about in an automobile while his 
manager is forced to use the street cars 
is indeed a sight fit for the gods. 

A theatrical newspaper prints the 
news. It does not wear a muzzle. Get 
the significance? 



PETEB LLANUZA. 

Peter Llanuza, whose counterfeit pre- 
Mr’ ‘ *" a notable 

'"3 distin- 

- __ -- Mr. Lla- 

_ 3 opening gun, the full page car¬ 
toon of Mme. Bernhardt, created a dis¬ 
tinct impression. This week The Show 
World offers a frontispiece done by this 
original caricaturist. Mr. Llanuza is 
of Spanish descent and began his work 
on the Pacific Coast. 


Smut is a disease that infects corn¬ 
fields and does great harm. It is get¬ 
ting its work in in the song field also 
and is bound to work havoc. 


HAS LEARNED THE STORY 

OP “CAT AND PIDDLE." 

(Anonymously sent The Show World 
from Fort Dodge, Iowa.) 

Have just read The Show World, i 
Though many days late, I managed to 
get it and keep up to date. I’m playing i 
Squeedunk—(no, it's not on the map. •» 
I wouldn’t be here but I’ve acted the V 
Yap.) Like the Cat on his Fiddle I too 
have flown high, and dreams seem so 
true while surrounded by sky. I thought 
that the good days were always to last, 
but woke up to find them just things 
of the past. Still, we all play the game, 
and find it a riddle; we all make mis¬ 
takes like the Cat with the Fiddle. 
We’ve all had some friend whom we’ve 
found but a bubble, floating off into . 
space at the first sign of trouble. So 
the thing to remember while playing the 
fiddle is just to stop short—well say, 
in the middle of some joyous tune while 
surrounded by friends and never play 
on to the sad, sobbing end. 


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November 12 , 1910. 


THE SHOW WORLD 


11 


Theater’s Victory 

in Dramatic Criticism. 

Ae Chicago American no longer 
I has? a “dramatic critic” and, it is said 
* in the future subscribe to the 
y pf "reporting” and not “re- 
fog” plays in its columns. The 
ge which has but recently been 
ieflfected, is said to have followed a 
irufing by the paper’s controlling of- 
ices in New York that it was scarce- 
j[y fair for a newspaper to send a com- 
Ipafitively low salaried employe to a 
thjgjter to pick flaws in a play and 
^iBction which high salaried play¬ 
wrights and wealthy producers had 
iven their best attention. 

This change of policy on the part 
of such a powerful newspaper as the 
American can not but be taken as a 
great victory for the men who con- 
tr« theatricals in this country. It 
has long been the contention of every 
Manager who has given the matter 
lay thought that the theaters were 
cost unjustly treated in the matter 
oof dramatic criticisms in the daily pa¬ 
mpers. These managers have long con¬ 
tended that it is the producer’s aim, 
; ! ks a purely business proposition, to 
; provide for the public’s entertainment 
nij/iat particular kind of a play which 
lhe majority of playgoers want. 
—(They have contended, moreover, that 
- 'the majority of playgoers are not of 
the same mental caliber or disposition 
as the average “dramatic critic” who 
yecomes sated with amusements be¬ 
cause of the requirements of his work 
yhich makes him a member of an audi¬ 
ence somewhere almost every night 
B jin the week and palls upon him to 
[such an extent that after the first or 
fawcond act he is most likely to be 
Bound in the front of the house talk- 
ling to the manager or in the smoking 
aiyoom enjoying a cigar. Managers 
clave contended that if the daily news, 
•-♦tper has anything to do with a play 
l sifter it is produced—and newspapers 
r never use opinionated matter prior 
i to the production of a play—this duty 
..•JKes in the mere telling of “what hap¬ 
pened,” just as the same newspaper 
A might give the details of any other 
-J current event. If_ an audience seems 
pleased with a stage performance, ac- 
• /(ording to the managers’ contention 
1 which has just been sustained by the 
'American’s change of policy, a news¬ 
paper need only say that the audience 
, was pleased and attempt to tell why 
r it was pleased. If the audience is not 
Pleased, a statement to this effect and 
the apparent reason for the play’s 
toilure to please is within the prov- 
Snces of the dramatic “reporter.” 

1 The material difference between 
wese two methods of handling the¬ 
atrical openings in a newspaper is 

I best evidenced by the fact that hun¬ 
dreds of plays which have been liter¬ 
ally torn to pieces by dramatic “crit- 
hcs who very plausibly told of their 
glaring “faults in construction,” etc., 
have been the lasting delight of mil- 
'ons of people everywhere. The old 
r,|*ay—and the way which still prevails 
- ,mte generally—is to have one mere 
Iij ®an—who may be of average intelli- 
- gence or less, may have some particu¬ 
lar grudge against a playwright, a 
producer, or a performer, and is hu- 
fj ® an 'y subject to the occasional 
grouches”—either sanctify or damn a 
day—insofar as he is able. The new 
vay—and the way which promises to 
; come into greater vogue within the 
- next few months—is to have this same 
:: Mere man tell what the great majority 
, this play was made seemed 

to think of it, regardless of its “faults 
' L c ° nstruct ion,” etc., which are mere- 
; ly the results of the vagaries of his 
$ , ,er y human brain. 

| The Show World is a newspaper 
por show people everywhere and as 
such subscribes to anything which 
Promises the lasting betterment of the 
I show business. It ha? long contended 
It |tat the old style of theatrical “criti- 
tisms in the daily newspapers was 
Sl5® )us t and it feels considerably elated 
^tnat there is promise of a change. 


To Real Showmen 

“The Show World,” 

Chicago, Ill. 

Gentlemen:—I respectfully submit for your consideration 
locations for first-class, well-mounted attractions in the following 
Parks, which I either own or control: 

1. EARL’S COURT, LONDON, contains 32 acres, is located 
in the center of London, is served by 122 underground trains 
per hour, and has countless other transportation facilities. Lon¬ 
don has a residential population of eight millions and a rich 
transient population well over half a million daily. Earl’s Court 
has already cost over $1,500,000, and we are spending over 
$1,000,000 more this year in improvements. London will be 
crowded next year by foreign visitors to the Coronation cere¬ 
monies. 

2. MAGIC CITY, PARIS, contains 10 acres, is located on 
the River Seine within ten minutes’ walk from the heart of 
Paris and is served by 15 street car lines, 10 ’bus lines, 3 under¬ 
ground stations, and has the river steamboats and one railroad 
station across the street from the main entrance. Paris has a 
residential population of some three millions, and the largest 
and best spending transient population of any city in. the world. 
We are spending $2,000,000 in construction, and this must and 
will be the most attractive Park in the world. 

3. WHITE CITY, MANCHESTER, contains 16 acres, is 
located within 10 minutes of the Town Hall, is well served with 
street cars and railroads. We have frequently had over 100,000 
patrons, and this is the only Park in the world which has been 
forced by the police to put out the “Full House” sign and refuse 
further admittances. This has occurred several times when it 
was crowded to the danger limits. Manchester is the greatest 
manufacturing city in the world, and has a 30-mile population 
of nearly 8,000,000, practically without competition in the Park 
line. 

4. LA RABASSADA, BARCELONA (The Park Pictur¬ 
esque), located on a beautiful mountain side above the city, is 
well served by a new street car line. This company has a splen¬ 
did casino with the necessary Government permits. Barcelona 
is the principal manufacturing city of Spain, and has about 
1,200,000 population. This Park runs all the year with a splen¬ 
did winter climate, and would, I think, make a profitable winter¬ 
ing place for small shows. 

I do not believe there are any winter locations in the world 
which will equal the London, Manchester and Paris Parks, and 
my entire general organization is at your disposal, with advice 
in all departments. 

Space is limited and your applications should be in early to 
secure preference. 

Address all letters to 

Yours respectfully, 

JOHN CALVIN BROWN, 

168 Rue de l’UniversitS, 

Paris. 

All codes. 

Telegrams—“Magicity, Paris.” 


PLEASE FILL IN THIS FORM: 

I hereby apply for a concession for the following attraction 

in.Park, in the city of... 

Name of attraction . 

Space required . 

Cost of attraction. 

Is it patented abroad?... 

Are you financially able to install it?. 

Electric current required.H. P. 

How many people employed ?.. 

Name of applicant. 

Address . 


A Mansfield Regret 

to Burst a Bubble. 

Margaret Auglin's first opportunity in 
New York as an actress occurred when 
Richard Mansfield engaged her, who was 
then quite unknown, to create the Part 
of Roxane in his production of Ros- 
stand’s “Cyrano de Bergerac," which he 
made at the Garden Theater, New York 
City, about ten years ago. Miss An¬ 
glin's creation of the leading female role 
won for her special recognition, and it 
was even said that her performance 
was sufficiently good to overshadow that 

^However,' that might be Miss Anglin 
remained a member of the distinguished 
actor’s company throughout the long 
run of the play in New York, and for a 
certain number of weeks while it was 
on the road. Then suddenly and mys¬ 
teriously she left the company and an¬ 
other actress took her place. No public 
exnlanation was vouchsafed for the 
change and idle rumor ascribed many 
reasons concerning the eccentricities of 

th Recent’ly, while in Chicago, Miss An¬ 
glin received from the editor of the Tri¬ 
bune, an original letter of the late Rich¬ 
ard Mansfield that he had had In his 
possession for several years. It is given 
below and now divulges the secret of 
Miss Anglin’s secession from Cyrano 

“Editor 8 o^Tlie Tribune: 

Anglin and the usual innuendoes as to 
why she severed her connection with 
my company. The facts are very well 
known to Mr. A. M. Palmer, Mr. Paul 
Wilstack and others. Miss Anglln. who 
niovPfi ‘Roxana in ‘Cyrano de Bergerac 
very charmingly, 1 Lce^ved^ 

marked success in this role received an 
offer of twice the sum X had 
to pay her for her services, and Miss 
Anglin accepted the offer. 

“I am sorry that the facts are so 

simple and uninteresting— really—almost 

sordid—but ’tis true. It would have 
been more exciting, and no doubt more 
agreeable, to have been able to relate 
how the poor creature was taken by the 
hair and dragged about the stage or 
how she was, after a stormy rehearsal, 
kidnapped and confined in a dark room 
where the monster squirted ink at ner 

through the keyhole Punctually every 
S 'between Voboa^s (Hke^he 

t?i^b^ast° sa?*'up^n S her^’and^ead^^hjs 

the S |vengeance er of SU th^ rl b 8 oodthirsty r ty- 

rant! “Faithfully yours, 

RICHARD MANSFIELD. 
“Virginia Hotel, Chicago, Ill., Oct. 8, 
1902.” _ 

Col. Henry Watterson’s 

“Roast” of Producers. 

The overthrow of King Manual, a 
bachelor and boy, gave the theatrical 
press agent his opportunity. Jo find 
a dancing: girl who could be exploited 
as thecfuse of the catastrophe would 
bn vp been an easy matter even if the 
king had been, as straight-laced as the 
most pious monk in the realm, which, 
nothinr°S?prising e in W th®e n announcement 
— --a young woman to De 


o is glad t 


iat ix y uung woman wnv ,, & \ iT 
Ivertised as a king’s favorite has been 
igaged by a New York musical c 
’V producer. It is in the i 


^"olucefw S 6 h^hal^he^bt- 

bitions^ of studded”vulgarity Tnt S' 
V?hen tU May ty Yohe' *eloped n, wffh °Put- 
im Bradlee Strong and the pair at- 
mpted to make merchandise of the 
andal through the medium of vaude- 
lle the public looked in for a mo- 
ent was bored and passed on. Tho 
oman in the case had been a popular 
age celebrity. She had been the wlfe 
In English nobleman. As the hero- 
e of the latest widely advertised 
opement, she had enjoyed all of the 
tblicity that could fie earned by an 
dress of her type But shesoon dis- 
ipeared from public view. When 

Jan” Patterson, whose claim to fame 
sted chiefly upon her “ 

fendant in a murder trial, essayed a 
age career it began unpromisingly 
id would probably have failed even if 
»_ercnn bnri not. been a 


s Patterson had not been 
<eep out of the limelight if .she would 
o out of court. The public has not 
landed a closer acquaintanceship 
h Evelyn Nesbit Thaw as a result 
her appearance as a star witness for 
defense in the trial of her husband, 
the girl who is reported to have cap- 
ed the interest, and the cash of a 
•tuguese kinglet knows how to dance 
sing the publicity she has received 
1 aid in making her successful in 
sical comedy. If her talents are no 
ater than are indicated by her ob- 
ritv prior to the revolution in Lus- 
, the public will soon satisfy its 
iositv and express its disappoint- 
it. In the meantime the capture of 
reported object of Manuel’s atten- 
is reflects the enterprise and ethics 
a manager, or a few managers, and 
the American stage.—Louisville 



























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THE SHOW WO RL D 


November 12, ism. 


FITCH SWAN SONG, “THE CITY” 

IS BIG CRASHING PLAY 


Tully Marshall’s One of the Most Remarkable Portrayals Seen on a Chicago Stage in Years- 

The Town in Review 


By WILL REED DUNROY 



improved. Dave 


It has been _ __ 

Lewis, the Chicago comedian, is _„ 

in the cart and he has made good form 
the start. The finale of the second act 
has been altered, and the show is much 
improved. 


SOME IMPENDING CHANGES 

POR THE COMING WEEK 

The most notable change in Chicago 
theaters next week will be the arrival 
of Robert Mantell in a repertoire of 
classic plays at the Lyric theater. Mi\ 
Mantell is about the only representa¬ 
tive of the classic drama now on the 
stage and his engagement is bound to 
attract much attention. The opening 
bill on Monday night will be "Macbeth." 
The bill will be changed nightly and he 
will be seen in all of his noted imper¬ 
sonations. 

“The Seventh Daughter,” a modern 
melodrama by Richard Harding Davis; 
with Crystal Herne and Vincent Serrano, 
will be the new offering at the Cort be¬ 
ginning Sunday night. “The Spend¬ 
thrift” will come to the Chicago opera 
house with Edmund Breese and Thais 
Magrane, on Monday night. Charles 
Frohman will offer “Our Miss Gibbs” at 
the Colonial and “The Girl in the Train” 
with Frank Daniels will be at the Stude- 
baker. “Way Down East,” the perennial, ■ 
will be offered at McVicker’s and “The 
Rosary” will be offered at the Hay- 
market. There will be the usual changes 
in the outer rim of popular price 
theaters. 


Under new management, with a new 
company, and with a new scale of prices 
the College theater, at Webster and 
Sheffield avenues, spoken of as the most 
beautiful playhouse in Chicago, this; 
week began a new regime of stock. "A 
Woman’s Way,” Thomas Buchanan’s de- 
1 comedy which had been used 


wfth^ 


. -o much success by Grace Georget 

was chosen as the opening bill—and this i 
choice of plays might be said to be the : 
only unfortunate thing about the open -1 


in-v 


The choice of plays would seem to 
have been unfortunate for the reason 
that while the comedy is pleasing and- 
delightful it is of such a nature that it 
does not present the leading players In 
the company at their best—something 
which would have been especially de¬ 
sirable for the opening of a new venture. 
Albert Perry and Bertha Creighton, both 
players of recognized ability, have been 
selected as the leading principals of the 
company and while they are versatile 
to a degree are * l '~ 


„,^,t finished 

s in light comedy roles. Their i 
efforts in “A Woman’s Way,” however,: 
were calculated to convince observers I 
that their tenure at the College is to be 
marked by many good things in bills 
which are more suited to their style. . 


e role of Marion 
Stanton, Miss Creighton was only mod- i 
erately convincing, and Mr. Perry was : 
not thoroughly at home in the “fat i 
comedy part of Howard Stanton, h— 


Adda Gleaso 


.. is disillusioned in a novel 

after having allowed his arfec:. 
stray from h’- m — 


_n fireside. 

mua ukmuu, as Mrs. Blakemore, 
role created by Dorothy Tennant in * 
Grace George Productior w 

' ivily than did either 


, scored more : 


members of the company. Charles D. ! 
Pitt was particularly effective in * “ “ 
of a careless - J —* J 


careless, good natured but U..~. 
^ffiaie suitor. Edith Weaver Julian and 
Josephine Deffry merited the applause i 
they were given for their Portray al of : 


MR. _ _jnceived comedy character^ 

Frederick Julian’s representation of a i 
southerner of the old school was excel -1 
lent. ' „ 

"Classmates” has been announced as i 
the College players’ bill for next week , 
and it seems a certainty that it will at¬ 
tract much more favorable comment on 
tbB part of the many supporters which : 
pretty theater has on the, north side. 


tne pretiy (.nearer naa un Lilt- ........ ----- 

“A Woman’s Way” gave evidence that i 
all of the bills offered under the new, 
management will be carefully and ade-; 
quately staged. 

Johnny Evers to Turn Actor. I 

The latest of the heroes of the base¬ 
ball diamond to turn thespian is no other 
than the star second baseman of tne, 
Cubs, Johnny Evers. Manager Gleason 

-s that he has secured this little 

o appear at the College theater; 


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November 12, 1910. 


THE SHOW WORLD 


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14 


THE SHOW WORLD 


November 12, 


VETERAN CIRCUS CLOWN PASSES 


One of Old John Lowlow’s Last Written Communications was a Tribute to Dan Rice and Other 
Sawdust Funny Men Now So Often Belittled 


By DOC WADDELL. 

























November 12, 1910. 


THE SHOW WORLD 


15 


WILL SEED DDNEOY. 

(Continued from Page 12.) 
weeks. He is to take part in a play, the 
name of which will be announ ced later. 

FRANK BECK LANDS 

BERTH AT THE COLONIAL 

Prank Buck, who by the way, is the 
husband of Amy Leslie, the dramatic 
critic of the Chicago Daily News, is to 
be the assistant manager of the Colon- 
— Theater to help James Jay Brady 
in the arduous duties of that oner- 
... position, according to the latest 

Rialto dope. 

Mr Buck has recently been devoting 
is time to work on the Sunday Tele¬ 
ram, a pink sporting sheet that is put 
„jt Sunday afternoons to cover the 

iporting field. __ 

COBT THEATER, CHICAGO, 

WILL PASS TO LIEBLER 

wiih the coming of "The Seventh 

Daughter" to the Cort theater that play¬ 
house will pass into the hands of Lleb- 
ler & Co. and will offer the productions 
of that firm in Chicago in the future. 

There was a rumor current this week 
that Abraham Erlanger had purchased 
John Cort’s interests in the theater, but 
in view of the fact that Liebler & Co. 
have taken over the house it is thought 
that this rumor ■- 


5 without foundation. 


MISS ANGLIN IN DANGER 

OP LOSING HER VOICE 

Margaret Anglin, who had been Play¬ 
ing through the South in "The Awaken¬ 
ing of Helena Ritchie,” is at the Black- 
done hotel where her physicians are in 
trepidation for fear she may lose her 
Ivoice entirely. She has a throat affec¬ 
tion that has been troubling her for 
pome time, and her friends are alarmed 

t jver her condition. 

Miss Anglin closed her southern tour 
tuddenly and came to Chicago on a spe- 
dal train. After the fifteenth of Decem- 
• she is to go under the management 
Liebler & Co., if she sufficiently re¬ 
fers to take up her work again. 

THEATER MAN IS ARRESTED 


E preferred by Myron L. Fagln, - 
go playwright, who accuses the 
sr of obtaining money from him by 
fldence game growing 

I * -*'— 

t 



CODY WILL SUE 

TO PROTE CT NAME 

General Representative Louis E. Cooke Says No Organization 
Will Make its 1911 Stand Under False Colors. 


Mr. Louis E. Cooke, general agent of 
the Buffalo Bill Wild West and Pawnee 
Bill Far East, arrived In Chicago Thurs¬ 
day morning, passed through to his 
home in Newark, N. J., from Texas, 
where he has been with the Two Bills 
Show, closing up the affairs for the sea¬ 
son of 1910. To a SHOW WORLD re¬ 
porter Mr. Cooke stated that the season 
on the whole has been the most exten¬ 
sive and biggest financial success in the 
history of the show; no casualties, and 
, railroad runs made that the “wise¬ 
acres” pronounced impossible. The Two 
Bills Shows will close at Argenta, 
“which is just across the bridge from 
Little Rock, and almost a stone’s throw 
from the center of the city” on Novem¬ 
ber 19. Col. Cody returns to his mines 
at Tucson and Major Lillie continues 
on to Trenton with the show. After 
the equipment Is put away, the major 
will return to his ranch in Pawnee, 
Okla., to enjoy the comforts of his new 
home which he has just completed at 
an outlay of $40,000. 

Mr. Cooke was emphatic in his dec¬ 
laration that Col. W. F. Cody and Major 
Gordon W. Lillie have already instruct¬ 
ed their attorneys to bring legal action 
against all parties advertising or in any 
way infringing upon their rights, title 
and reputation so far as the Buffalo Bill 


Bill has already established, at home 
and abroad. 

“The very fact,” continued Mr. Cooke, 
“that Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill have 
made their trade-mark one of the most 
valuable assets In the show business 
is a sufficient reason for them to main¬ 
tain their rights in this respect. It 
will be recalled that an Injunction was 
obtained by us last summer, restrain¬ 
ing the Young Buffalo Wild West Show 
from advertising or in any way infring¬ 
ing upon the name of the Buffalo Bill 
Wild West Exhibition or In any manner 
inferring that Col. Cody was In any 
way connected with their show, and it 
was then within our power to have 
tied up that show and to have prevented 
it from moving, but we did not wish to 
cause any hardships or take the natural 
advantage which we possessed, being 
assured that they would cease to adver¬ 
tise or infer that Col. Cody was in any 
way Identified with their exhibition. 
But we now propose to give every one 
timely warning that we will protect 
our interests and that no organization 
shall be allowed to make Its first stand 
In 1911 sailing under false colors.” 


_ ... _ ’production of a play. 

|The continuance was granted and both 
sides are preparing for a fight. Mr. 
Ziegfeld was formerly manager of the 
Ziecfeld, now the Comedy. Mr. Fagln Is 
« Chicago young man who has been 
rabbling at play writing for some time. 

THROUGH THE LORGNETTE. 


As we go to press John Murray, rep- Cort, representing 
resenting Klaw & Erlanger, supplies the ~ - ’ A “ 

Show World with thq following con¬ 
firmation of the agreement between the 
Independents and the syndicate and em¬ 
phasizes the fact that the Shuberts are 
not included In the pact: “An agree¬ 
ment was reached yesterday between 
Frohman, Klaw & Erlanger and John 


FORM CORPORATION TO 

PROMOTE LAND SHOWS 

Sidney Wire and Francis C. McCarty, 
lately associated In the conduct of the 
Pittsburg land show, which Is said to 
have been a notable success, have formed 
a corporation for the promotion of land 
shows in various parts of the country. 
Messrs. Wire and McCarty have had 
wide experience In the amusement busi¬ 
ness and have entered the land show 
field because they are convinced that 
the general public In the large cities 
are very much Interested in the land 
propositions which are being made by 
the big colonizing companies. 

PRA STRIKES SNAG 


Gollmar Brothers End Season. 

The Gollmar Brothers’ circus closed 
its season at Sikeston, Mo., November 9. 
Tim Keeler, who manages the Kamakishl 
Japs, with that show the past summer, 
left Chicago early this week to pilot the 


(Continued from Page S.) 
city, thus condemning something he does 
not like before the public has had an op¬ 
portunity to judge for Itself. 

“Then again, the critic may have had 
a quarrel in his family; he may have an 
attack of Indigestion, and may enter the 
theater in a disagreeable frame of mind, 
and it may take a long time before this 
attitude can be overcome. If It is over¬ 
come at all. Critics are but human after 
all, and they often have prejudices and 
likes and dislikes which may prevent 
them from being fair and square with 
the plays they are sent to review. I 
think the plan to send reporters to the 
theater to tell the news of this or that 
play is a good one. The story of the play 
should be set forth, and the manner in 
which the public receives it. If it amuses 
the public, that ir - lf 

it does not, thal 


for dramatic reviewers to form their 
opinion of an attraction on the first 
night. Each player Is nervous and 111 at 
ease. Nervousness Is apparent on all 
sides. The player who is trying to re¬ 
member his lines is like a wooden man. 
He cannot put human life into his work. 
The reviewer sits out in front, and he 
forms his opinion at once. He should 
wait until the player is at ease and the 
lines get to running smoothly before he 


K. & E. CONFIRM 

T HE PA CT STORY 

Positive Statement from Their Representative That Shu¬ 
berts Are in Nowise Interested. 

Cort, representing the National Theater 
Owners’ Association, whereby the at¬ 
tractions of the former will hereafter 
be booked in the houses controlled by 
the National Theater Owners’ Associa¬ 
tion. This clears up the general the¬ 
atrical situation. The Shuberts are in 
no way connected with the arrange- 


deUvers his opinion to the public. This 
new method of handling the theaters 
looks interesting, and I believe it might 
be successfully employed, although I 
have never had a grievance at the hands 
of the Chicago dramatic reviewers.” 

Herbert C. Duce, manager of the Gar¬ 
rick, has long contended that dramatio 
criticism is obsolete. He has contended 
that a newspaper should print the news 
of this or that play or production And 
let the public be the judge of whether 
this or that play or attraction is what is 
wanted. "The critics are at variance with 
public opinion a good share of the time, 
said Mr. Duce. “Many of the attractions 
that are unmercifully criticized by the 
dramatic writers are taken to the heart 
of the public and become great popular 
successes. The theater offers its wares 
for sale, the same as any other enter¬ 
prise. In no other line of business does 
the newspaper send reporters to pick 
flaws in the goods offered for sale.’ 

One of the most notable examples of 
how the dramatic reviewers flew into the 
face of public opinion was in the case of 
“Madame X,” which was offered at the 
Chicago Opera House. With one excep¬ 
tion, the piece was panned by the re¬ 
viewers, and yet It turned out to be one 
of the most successful plays of last sea¬ 
son in Chicago, and It went over nearly 
as well as In New York. . 


ROBINSON’S TEN BIG /* 

CLOSE AT BOONEVILLE, MASS. 

Ed. C. Knupp, general traffic manager 
of the John Robinson Ten Big Shows, 
spent a few hours in Chicago Thursday 
on his way from Booneville, Miss., 
where he closed up the season’s affairs, 
to his home in Jamestown, N. Y. He 
reported a very satisfactory season for 


The resignation of Charles Bernard, 
who for ten years had been secretary of 
the Associated Billposters & Distributers 
of the United States and Canada, took 
effect November 1. There is a rumor to 
the effect that it was accepted under 
peculiar and rather aggravating circum¬ 
stances. There are reports current also 
that all is not serene in the ranks of 
the association, and color is given to 
this rumor by the fact that Fred G. 
Nixon-Nirdlinger has resigned from the 
presidency of the Middle Atlantic States 
Association, one of the component parts 

?o f time 'rS^Stte We havS 
been heard, and it is just possible that 
the civil warfare which has been smoul¬ 
dering for some time may be fanned into 
a blaze that will attract the attention of 
the public. 


author and lecturer, of East Aurora, 
N. Y„ familiarly known through his 
writings as "Fra Elbertus,” resented his 
reception as headliner at Keiths Colum¬ 
bia theater Sunday afternoon by leaving 
Cincinnati after his first performance. 

It was the emphatic disapproval of the 
gallery gods that forced the Fra Into 
precipitate retirement and caused him to 
follow the professional example of Eva 
Tanguay, Lillian Lorraine ana other 
temperamental artists in becoming sud¬ 
denly “indisposed.” 

Hubbard followed a lively song-and- 
dance act on the bill. His solemn ap¬ 
pearance In funereal black, with his long 
hair and flowing tie, struck the gallery 
patrons as a trifle dull after Isabell 
D’Armond’s spangled tights. .And the 
announcement of his subject, Benjamin 
Franklin ” also came as a decided let¬ 
down after the lively strains of “Call Me 
Up Some Rainy Afternoon.” 

There was no up-to-date slang or 
usual vaudeville comedy in what the Fra 
was saying about Franklin. In fact, 
there was not even a humorous local 
reference, and finally, after five minutes. 
It began to dawn on the galleries that 
the Sage of East Aurora was not going 
to sing, dance, juggle or perform magic, 
but merely give a “high-brow” mono¬ 
logue, and twenty minutes of it, too!_ 

Then began a shuffling of feet, a grow¬ 
ing mutter of disapproval and an inter¬ 
mittent clapping of hands. 

Hubbard paused a moment, unable to 
make himself heard. "My talk probably 
does not interest you boys in the gal¬ 
lery,” he exclaimed, “but I wish you 
would kindly keep quiet, so that the 
others who may be interested can hear. 

The audience downstairs applauded 
Hubbard, but he walked off the stage 
angry and left the city for his home In 
East Aurora, N. Y., later. 


Best Show Towns West 

ARE LOCATED ON 

Rock Island Lines 

Hundreds of important centers in the Central 
West and Southwest are well [served by Rock 
Island Lines. They are located in a 
producing section, which is ideal from the 
box office viewpoint. 

Information relative to any town or section served 
by these lines on request. 


L. M. ALLEN 

Passenger Traffic Manager 
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KING’S SPORT PROMISES 
T O “COM E BACK” 

Pari-mutuel Machines Seen Likely to Prove Savior of the 
Racing Game 


11111= _ racing: game and there Is 

'considerable promise that the sport of 
kings will be revived and played on a 
sounder basis than ever before. 

One factor has appeared that will 
bring about this result. This is the 
nart-mutuel machines. Racing, accord¬ 
ing to reports, is on the boom in Ken¬ 
tucky and it is due to just this one little 
reform—the pari-mutuel. The old sure- 
tiling horse owner who formerly framed 
up with the crooked bookmaker (the lat¬ 
ter wholly responsible for stopping the 
game in New York and elsewhere) is 


Thespian Sam Yearns for Bing. 

The gay and seductive glare of the 
footlights has dimmed somewhat for 
Sam Langford and, after a fortnight or 
so with a burlesque show the Boston tar 
baby wants to return to the softer light 
of the overhead calcium cluster. Joe 
Woodman, his manager, in a letter re¬ 
ceived here this morning, says that he is 
seeking matches for his man and will 
deny nobody from the middleweight di¬ 
vision up to a chance to meet the burly 
black. To settle a much discussed argu¬ 
ment, why not match Langford and 
Kaufman and see which is the better 
man? The Philadelphia failure is still 
fresh in the minds of the glove fans and 
they want to see it fought out. 

Oldfield’s Color-line Jump Makes Puss. 

Color line discussion is making its 
way into the auto world, with the suit 
of Barney Oldfield against the A. A. A. 
The "speed king" claims $20,000 because 
the association barred him from taking 
part in the auto races at Atlanta last 
week. Barney’s trouble arises through 
his race with Jack Johnson—who may 
be remembered as taking part in a cele¬ 
bration last Fourth of July—and as the 
A. A. A. bars all colored men it naturally 
expelled Oldfield. He will be reinstated, 
of course, with a fine of some kind a* 
tached “ — 1 —— 


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riders, trainers and bookmakers ... .... 
possible under the new condition of 
things. The pari-mutuel has forced the 
plunger, who was one of its great evils, 
to leave the tracks, and the piker and 
the tout are simply impossible. These, 
together with the old undesirable riff- 
raf, have entirely disappeared. The new 
system is a hard blow to the old-time 
element who did so much to kill the 
sport It means a new and lasting era 
to the sport and with this kind of a bet¬ 
ting arrangement it will not be long be¬ 
fore the tracks around New York and 
elsewhere are again running as in the 
olden times without the undesirable 
attachment of crooks mingling in the 
midst of those who really love the sport. 


Bat Tastes Medicine 

Battling Nelson is having one of his 
own little wallops handed to him in the 
agreement for his coming go with Wol- 
gast. It is the little matter of mone¬ 
tary consideration and Nelson’s agreed 
share of the coin must remind the Hege- 
wisch boy of his battle with Ad last 
February when the situation was re¬ 
used- In February Bat was given $12,- 
000 to win, lose or draw, while Wolgast 
$2,500 for the same work. Now that 
-3 are to meet again, Wolgasx is 
get a guarantee of $7,600 with the prii 
lege of 40 per cent of the fighters’ end 
.. be al i owe(i him for train- 
It again demonstrates 


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ti the privl- 
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and $500 is to 1 

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that a champion often gets the lion’s 
* s tv ot the purse whether he wins c~ 


and Tommy Lynch whenever matters of 
importance to the baseball world are 
being discussed. However, Callahan 
would make an ideal president or chair¬ 
man for the board. He is young, bright, 
popular and knows all the ins and outs 
of baseball from A to Z. Still Callahan 
is young and can wait a few years. 
Garry Herrmann has certainly made a 
grand chairman and it is known that he 
is absolutely on the square. In addition 
to it all he seems to get on well with 
his associates on the board and that is 
worth something. 


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will all be forgotten. In the meantime 
Barney is going to get about $100,000 
worth of advertising out of the rumpus 
it has created. Maybe when Oldfield gets 
further north he may be able to get the 
injunction he prayed for at Atlanta and 
which was refused him. He has a pretty 
shrewd boy with him in the person of 
Kid Pickens, who may put something 


Hackenschmidt “Booked Solid.” 

The tour of Hackenschmidt will in¬ 
clude every important city from the At¬ 
lantic to the Rocky mountains and as 
far south as Houston, Texas, and New 
Orleans. The Hackenschmidt tour has 
been booked solidly right now and the 
“Russian Lion” will be kept pretty busy 
just as soon as his American contract is 
in force, which, by the way, occurs on 
November 15 and is a contract for 
eighteen weeks in this country, calling 
for $3,000 a week to be guaranteed to 
the famous wrestler. When all the other 
incidental expenses are added to this 
amount you’ll see at a glance that Cur¬ 
ley will have to get better than $4,000 
a week for his share before he can hope 
for any profit on his venture. It cer¬ 
tainly required some nerve on the part 
of the Chicago sport promoter to bring 
so expensive an attraction t~ *- 1 — 


Callahan Boomed for Baseball Job. 

Speaking along baseball lines—or wer 
we?—the friends of Jimmy Callahan a 
grooming him f— akt(-|g jk- 


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EX-CONGRESSMAN'S SOB 

KILLS THEATRICAL MAN 

Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 7.—Rice A. 
Pierce, Jr., son of former Congressman 
R. A. Pierce, is charged with killing 
“Jack” Chanler, a New York showman. 
Chanler was stage manager of a com¬ 
pany giving a performance here. Pierce 
is alleged to have annoyed members of 
the chorus. Accompanied by several na¬ 
tives, Pierce is accused of renewing the 
quarrel at the station. After an argu- 


PTTBLIC LOSES “CASTE.” 

New York, Nov. 9.—At the conclusion 
of the engagement in Indianapolis in 


(Special to The Show World.) 

New York, Nov. 9.—Miss Adelaide 
Cumming the character woman who took 
a flier this fall in vaudeville in the $250 
prize sketch by Charles Dazey, "The Old 
Flute Player,” yesterday appeared in the 
Fifty-fourth street court in a suit for 
salary against Martin Beck and the Cen¬ 
tral Vaudeville Production Company for 
two weeks’ salary which was not paid 
when the sketch closed suddenly in Mil- 

Wheii the case was called, the lawyer 
for Mr. Beck took Miss Cumming aside 
and said he would compromise for $125 
if she would discontinue the case. Miss 
Cumming realizing that $125 in the hand 
is worth quote a few judgments, agreed 
and walked away with the money in her 


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November 12,1910. 




REMARKABLE PAGE OF PIC¬ 
TURES 

On the opposite page The Show 
World offers one of the most re¬ 
markable pages which has ever 
been given place In a newspaper 
or magazine. The pictures are 
self-explanatory. Their reproduc¬ 
tion has been influenced by the 
comment aroused by the remark¬ 
able physical similarity between 
Col. W. F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) 
and Col. W. A. Lavelle, wild west 
arenic character, who has been 
mentioned as the logical successor 
to the "Hero Horseman of the 
World” when Col. Cody retires at 
the end of the next outdoor 
amusement season. The Cody 
picture, which was posed and 
made by Burke & Atwell, of Chi¬ 
cago, has never before been repro¬ 
duced. The Lavelle picture was 
made In the Gross studios, Chi¬ 
cago, to demonstrate just how far 
this striking similarity of the two 
frontiersmen might be carried 


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Improved Acetylene for Tents, 
Circuses, Parks, etc. 

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ADELAIDE THURSTON ILL. 

The engagement of Adelaide Thurston 
at the Grand theater, Montgomery, Ala., 
was cancelled this week by her man¬ 
ager, Francis X. Hope. Miss Thurston 
-—>- - =- —, infirmary in 


day of last week with the mammoth 
shows of the Ringling Brothers as the 
attraction. Bain was evident all dur¬ 
ing the morning hours and heavy bill¬ 
ing advertising the Miller Brothers and 
Arlington 101 Ranch hurt the business 
of the circus kings a great deal. The 
parade was out on time with many spec¬ 
tators watching the pageant. 

Ringling Brothers send one of their 
attractions to Montgomery each year; 
Barnum & Bailey showing here last 
year. The show yesterday did not come 
up to the expectation of many, while 
tier after tier of seats were vacant 
at both shows. The stunts were 
mediocre. 

One of the most worthy features of 
the show when it arrived here was Hi* 
side show attraction. In this depart¬ 
ment their excellence was above par, 
many freaks being well worth seeing. 


George W. Chadwick, regarded as one 
of the foremost American composers, has 
been engaged by Henry W. Savage to 
write the important incidental music for 
"Everywoman.” This is the modern 
"morality” play by Walter Browne which 
is expected to prove the most striking 
effort in Mr. Savage’s list for the cur¬ 
rent season. Dr. Chadwick is best 
known for his symphonies and songs, 
there being four of the former and about 
sixty of the latter that have passed the 
acid test in both America and Europe. 
In addition, he has composed a great 
variety of miscellaneous music, including 
the light opera, “Tabasco,” produced by 
the famous Boston Cadets some years 
ago and later successfully transferred to 
the professional stage. “Everywoman” 
is distinctly a drama, but Mr. Savage 


Buffalo, Nov. 9.—The Buffalo Motor 
Boat Club has arranged for an amuse¬ 
ment enterprise which is the most ag¬ 
gressive undertaking of the kind planned 
in the city for some time. The Royal 
& Adams Indoor Circus has been se¬ 
cured for the week of December 12 to 
17 and will give exhibitions at the 
Sixty-fifth Regiment arsenal. The very 
cream of the performers of the summer 
season with the White Tops are T 


a black-eye. The big headline exhibi¬ 
tion given the past week was very 
slimly attended, not over three hun¬ 
dred witnessing the bouts. 


LITTLE BABY “HIP” 

JOI NS SEL LS-FLOTO 

Makes Journey from Carl Hagenbeck’s, Hamburg, Ger¬ 
many, With Mother and a Care-Taker 


(Special to The Show World.) 

Denver, Colo., Nov. 9.—The Sells-Floto 
shows, here in winter quarters, have just 
received from Carl Hagenbeck in Ham¬ 
burg, Germany, on the steamship “Penn¬ 
sylvania,” accompanied by Rudolpn Nor¬ 
man, an immense female hippopotamus 
2,1“ , a ,,£ aby “ hl P.” Sixteen months old. 
The little one is only twenty-six Inches 
in height and is as tame as a kitten. It 
is running loose in a pen alongside the 
hip den where the mother is caged, 
and at odd times is put in with the 
mother and wallows around in the pool 
with her, often perched high on her 
back, much to the delight of all who look 
on. This tiny “hip” is supposed to be 
the oniy one outside the Zoo in New 
York in this country, and it has been at¬ 


tracting an immense amount of atten¬ 
tion. 

There is much activity around the 
winter quarters, which are said to be the 
finest ever erected. Electric lights have 
been installed, a steam heating plant is 
a feature, and everything is done for 
the comfort and well being of the em¬ 
ployes and the animals in the quarters. 
William Curtis, who has charge of the 
mechanical department, is laying out the 
repairs on all of the wagons and, to¬ 
gether with E H. Moorman, novelty 
architect, is arranging for the building 
of a new band wagon, "hip” dens, and 
other cages and wagons. Menefee is in 
charge of the paint shop and the whole 


UNDER THE WHITE-TOPS 

Where Your Circus and Carnival Friends are to 
Be Found in the Near Future 


Barnes, Al. G.—Fresno, Calif., Nov. 12, 13; Hanford, 14; Coalings, IS; Visalia 
17; Porterville, 18; Bakersfield, 19. * ’ ’ a ’ 

Buffalo Bill’s Wild West & Pawnee Bill's Far East—Ft. Worth, Texas. Nov 
12; Sherman, 14; Paris, 15; Texarkana, 16; Camden, Ark., 17; Pine Bluff' 
18; Little Rock, 19. (Season ends.) ’ 

Clark, M. L„ & Sons’ Shows—Sulliffent, Ala., Nov. 14. 

Fisk’s, Bode, Shows—Stephenville, Texas, Nov. 14; Comanche, 15; Bradv IB’ 
Coleman, 17; BalUnger, 18. ’ 

Forepaugh-Sells—Lake Charles, La., Nov. 12; Lafayette, 13. 
Forepaugh-Glasscock Shows—Trinity, Texas, Nov. 12; Willis, 13, 14; Couroe 
15; Fostoria, 16. ... 

Gentry Bros.’ Shows—New Orleans, La., Nov. 13-20. (Season ends.) 

Henry’s Wagon Shows—Hamilton, Okla., Nov. 12. 

Jones Bros.’ Buffalo Ranch—Pulaski, Tenn., Nov. 12. 

Miller Bros. & Arlington’s 101 Ranch—Pensacola, Fla., Nov. 14; Mobile, Ala. 

15; Waynesboro, Miss., 16; Meridian, 17; Macon, 18; West Point, 19. 
Sparks Shows—Washington, Ga., Nov. 13, 14. 

“”n Bros.—Monticello, Miss., Nov. 12. 


CARNIVAL ROUTES 


Barkoot Amusement Co., No. 1—K. G. Barkoot, mgr., Bessemer, Ala., Nov. 

Barkoot Amusement Co., No. 2—J. C. Simpson, mgr., Bouglas, Ga., Nov. 14-19. 
Gibson Amusement Enterprises, No. 2—Macon, Ga., Nov. 10-20. 

Great Eastern Shows—El Reno, Okla., Nov. 14-19. 

King & Cooper Carnival Co.—Washington, Ga., Nov. 14-19. 

Krause Greater Shows—Gainesville, Ga., Nov. 14-19. 

Parker Great Shows—Con. T. Kennedy, mgr., Waco., Texas, Nov. 12-20. 
Patterson Great Shows—Jas. Patterson, mgr., Houston, Texas, Nov. 14-20. 

St. Louis Show—Easlley, S. C., Nov. 14-19. 

Smith, John R., Shows—Rowland, Nov. 14-19. 

Smith Greater Shows—Darlington, S. C., Nov. 14-19. 

Westcott’s United Shows—Corinth, Miss., Nov. 14-19. 

Woody's Combined Shows—Conway, Ark., Nov. 14-19. 


SHOW HORSES PAY 

FOR WINTER’S KEEP 


Col. Vernon C. Seaver, of Young Buffalo Wild West, Orig¬ 
inates Novel Plan at Quarters in Peoria, Ill. 









































November 12, 1910. 


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THE SHOW WORLD 


November 18,1910. 


STAGE CREWS MAY 

GO OUT ON STRIKE 


Chattanooga Men Want Full Week’s Pay, Show or No Show 
—Managers Hesitate to Come to Terms 


CINCINNATI THEATERS 
HAVE LOTS OF TROUBLE 


Amusement Business in Ohio City in State of Chaos, Bur¬ 
lesque Alone Surviving 


(Special to The Show World.) 

Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov. 9.—If the 
stage crews of the Albert and Lyric 


the demand. The outcome is in tl 


Parenthetically, the action of the local 
musicians’ union in demanding a guar¬ 
antee of half a week’s salary for the sea¬ 
son of 1910-11 regardless of the number 


t the opening of the p 


---- —- r -it season the 

_1 A. F. M. union presented a new 

scale of prices for the signature of the 
house managers. In addition to an ad¬ 
vance in pay the musicians held out for 
a guarantee per week per man, whether 
or not they had to play a show. Of 
course if shows sufficient were played 
to equal the guarantee the manager was 
it nothing, but where there is only one 


GALEN A OPERA HOUSE 

IS BEING IMPROVED 

Galena, Ill., Nov. 9.—Walter Edwards 
and M. E. Daniels have leased the Ga¬ 
lena opera house for one year and are 
making extensive improvements to the 
property. The house will be opened for 
first-class attractions. Messrs. Edwards 
and Daniels will probably build a large 
airdome in the business section of the 
city next summer. 


Although suffering from a tumor in 
the throat which affected her voice and 
hearing to such a degree that the audi¬ 
ence was early in the evening made 
aware of her predicament, Margaret 
Anglin, in "The Awakening of Helena 
Richie,” filled her two engagements at 
the Albert theater, Chattanooga, Novem¬ 
ber 4 and gave such a creditable account 


1 possible the night curtain 


theaters of this city hold out for a _ 

week’s pay, show or no, show,’’ there is 
most likely to be a strike on within the 
next few days or week at least. The 
stage men are holding out for a full 
week’s pay during the season, no matter 
whether they have to work a single show 
or not. The managers claim that this is 
unjust and are declining to accede 


went up thirty minutes in advance of 
the usual Albert curtain time and Miss 
Anglin took a ten o’clock train at night 
for Chicago for treatment. Her southern 
tour, on account of her condition, was 
ended at Chattanooga, at least, until 
Miss Anglin is permitted to return to 
work again. 


Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. 7.—The theatri¬ 
cal situation in Cincinnati is in a state 
of chaos. Three of the leading vaude- 
houses of Cincinnati are losing 


> bal- 


Little Lew Gleason, principal come¬ 
dian with “The Honeymooners,” has 
been compelled to lay off on account 
of throat trouble, and at the present 
time his place in the company is being 
taken by an understudy. Gleason’s 
physicians have advised an operation 
as the only means of relieving his con¬ 
dition, and it will be some time before 
he is back in the harness. 


show, sometimes none, during 
the house has to put up the gv 
on pay day. The stage crews, taking 
heart from this “give-in” on the part of 
managers to the musicians,- 


hopes of a regular season’s pay with but 
little work and, naturally, went after it. 
However, the managers, who, iby the 
way, do not pull together like Siamese 
twins, got together on this proposition 
and are holding out against the demands 
of the stage men. The local I. A. T. 
S. E. have a committee which is in con¬ 
ference with the managers and it is 
barely possible that the matter will be 
fixed up without a strike being called. 


_3 Bijou and other interests of Jake 

Wells, as ’tis said Mr. Wells will not 
stop with the affair at the Lyric if the 
stage men call a strike, but will dissolve 
connection with the I. A. T. S. E. in 
each of the houses which he controls. 


Maude Adams Only Star Who Has Done 
Business, It Is Said—Hope for 
the Future. 


Atlanta, Ga„ Nov. 6, 1910.—“What’s 
the matter with the show business this 
”’ • question is the usual 


season?” This question is the usual 
greeting exchanged between professional 
managers, agents and house men all 
over the south this year, judging from 
the talk of the people interested in the 
game who come to this city and who 
are permanently located here. Accord¬ 
ing to information gathered in this man¬ 
ner the business is at least thirty-three 
and one-third per cent below what it was 
at this same period last year. As a 
matter of fact, but one attraction which 
has played Atlanta so far has drawn 
anything like “good” business. Maude 
Adams, in three days, took in about 
$9,000 as a total and so far as is known 
she is the only attraction that has played 
to anything like business in the south 
since the opening of the present season. 
Attractions working the Wells Bijou cir¬ 
cuit are complaining about the state of 
business in every town, the report being 
that the Bijou attendance is not much 
over fifty per cent of former seasons. 
However, so far as the Klaw and 
Erlanger and the Independent houses are 
concerned, there has been but few of 
the real attractions seen there, so that 
it may, perhaps, be a little bit unfair to 
draw full comparisons. Like the drown¬ 
ing man and the straw fable, the house 
men are confident that the season’s close 
will see a neat net balance to the credit 
of the season 1910-1911. 


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DIVORCE SUIT MAKES 

TROUBLE FOR MANAGER 

Salt Lake, Utah, Nov 8. Suit for 
divorce was entered this week against 
Max Florence, manager of the Luna, 
Isis, Elite and Shubert theaters, by Celia 
Florence, who charged her husband with 
infidelity during her absence from the 
city. She also charged that Florence 
was disposing of his interests in order 
to leave the state with the proceeds. 
She asked that an order be made re¬ 
straining him from selling his motion 
picture houses. This action brought a 
flock of creditors down upon him, and 
there was talk of appointing a receiver 
to manage the affairs of the theaters 
controlled by him. The domestic diffi¬ 
culties were patched up yesterday, how¬ 
ever, and Mrs. Florence withdrew her 
suit. The restraining order was dis¬ 
solved and the sale of the Luna and 
Isis theaters to Ashton, Ball and 
Embree was allowed to proceed. As an 
evidence of Florence’s good faith the 
proceeds of the sale are to be placed in 
‘ " trustee. 


BEAUTIFUL THEATER OPENS 

IN CROOKSTON, MINN. 

Crookston, Minn., Nov. 9.—The Grand, 
one of the most beautiful and up-to-date 
play-houses west of St. Paul and Min¬ 
neapolis, opened in this city last eve 


supporting company. 


DUBUQUE NEW MAJESTIC 


Girl,” 


: to be the opening attraction. 




“LOTTERY MAN” GIVES WAV 

TO THEODORE ROOSEVELT 

Webster City, Iowa, Nov. 9.—The Au¬ 
ditorium company in Des Moines earned 
the thanks of all Des Moines last Fri- 
dayjevenin^ when they gave up the per- 


KNOXVILLE PROVES KIND 

TO “M’FADDEN’S FLATS” 

Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 6, 1910.—Hur- 
rah for Knoxville; Knoxville, the town 
that was thought not good enough " 


mat was tnougnt not good enough fi 
week stand of Bijou attractions and 
limited to three days. According to re¬ 
liable information, Knoxville proved the 
best date for “McFadden’s Flats" of any 
; 2 wn 2 . n the B A j , ou cl rcuit Although but 
T?i a ^ s, „ T th one nuatlnee, was given 
the Flats here. Knoxville contributed 


the house in which to address the Iowa 


of herself that her reputation as — 
actress was not one bit impaired. In _ 
order that she might get to a specialist Geo. G. Tucker. 


State Teachers’ Association. A Satur¬ 
day afternoon matinee took the place 
of the usual Friday evening show.— 


;“”V= “‘uiio.v lo rne carton <& wiswell 
bank account than any other three-day 

stand in tbo 


incomes Atlanta, Memphis, and Nash¬ 
ville, each with a population at least 
?' 16 ~thira latter than the town among 
the hills of East Tennessee. 


this plan will increase the receipts of 
the house remains to be seen This 
policy has been inaugurated by the new 


money. The American theater has 
dropped its price from 30 cents to 10 
cents and reduced the number of acts 
from seven to four. Cheap vaudeville 
in the moving picture houses is held 
partly responsible for the demoralized 

The Columbia theater has had consid¬ 
erable trouble, having a number of lead¬ 
ing acts, such as the Maid of Mystery, 
Fra Elbertus, and others cancel their 
engagements early in the week. 

The Robinson theater is trying a new 
plan by changing vaudeville twice a 
week, making a split week with the 
Colonial at Covington, Ky., giving an 
entire change of program twice a week 
at the old price, ten cents. Whether 


manager, Forrest B. Pilsen, who h 


succeeded Manager Rose. 

The Lyceum theater was closed 
abruptly Wednesday matinee. The 


building inspector took this precaution 
on account of one weak beam in the 
ceiling. It is not known what the 
Holden Stock company will do pending 


repairs. 

The Heucks opera house has been 
playing to good business and melo¬ 


drama seems to be the favorite at this 
popular house. 

The People’s and Standard theaters, 


The People's and Standard theaters, 
burlesque, are playing to capacity and 
there is no complaint in this direction — 


Wichita, Kans., Nov. 6.—“Honey Boy” 
Evans and his minstrel aggregation took 
more money out of this town than any 
attraction that has appeared here for 
some time. The attendance was 1,790 
and in the neighborhood of 600 were 
turned away after all the standing tbom 
was sold. The total receipts were $1,-1 


Last season the receipts IL 
“Honey Boy” show were $1,300. It was 
quite evident that the attraction this 


. — ; is “Gentleman Jim,”__ 

minstrels or Evans himself. 

The local order of Moose attended the 
- ~ body and gave ' 


should remember for'some time. . 
the show the order entertained the 

pany and Corbett was taken into_ 

order. Evans, as well as most, all of 
the company, already being members. 

R. G. Munn, who has been manager 
of the Pastime theater since its open¬ 
ing in September, has left to look after 
interests iri Denver. James 


O’Brien from Milwaukee, a former bur¬ 
lesque man, will manage the house. 

A puma, belonging to Mon. DeBale 
Triers’ trained animal act that wa* 
showing at the Pastime escaped one day 
last week and caused quite a little ex¬ 
citement. The animal attacked a horse 
that was standing near the rdhr " 
of the theater and came very neai ..... 
ing the horse. It was finally captured 


by the trainer. 

The Woolf stock, after having been 
closed for a week, will open again * 


with several new faces in the 
caste. Dorris Hardy and Walter P. 
Richardson are the new leads and prom¬ 
ise to put new life into the company. 


Springfield. Mo., Nov. 6.—Eight young 
women, who have been rehearsing here 
for the past six weeks in anticipation of 
well filled houses, long purses. 


other tokens of success_ _ 

a result of the calling off of the show 
by Manager Jack Hutchison, well known 
stock manager. They admit they 


claim that they were hired for the 
son and that while they had no writ¬ 
ten contracts and paid most of “•“ , ” 
'-"’s, while drawing no salary J 


rehearsal, that they have been treated 
a little rough. Hutchison says that 
the show will be re-organized as soon 
as the director, who was taken sick 
suddenly, can be up again. The girls, 
in the meantime, are seeking some 
method of enriching themselves to a 
sufficient extent to get out of town. 
Those who were to form the chorus are; 
Billy Reed, Madge Hamilton, "■■■'* 


Dubuque, Iowa, Nov. 9.—Wednesday 
evening, November 16, has been set as 
the date for the opening of Jake Rosen- 




PARK IN YOUNGSTOWN 

FLAYS “FOP” VAUDEVILLE 

Youngstown. Ohio, Nov. 9.—The Park 
theater, formerly the high class com¬ 
bination house, opened with “pop" vaude¬ 


ville on November 7. The house will 
split the week with the Colonial °* 
Akron.—Amos. 


Harry I. Walker, who hi 
aging “The College Boy” 
has returned to Chicago wil 


opera house, began her stage career in 
Chicago with “The Blue Mouse” at the 
Garrick. 


Thais Magrane, who comes to the Chi¬ 
cago opera house in “The Spendthrift, 
was formerly leading woman at the Col¬ 
lege theater in Chicago and at the Shu- 
bert theater in Milwaukee. 
































November 12, 1910. 


THE SHOW WORLD 


21 


VARYING FORTUNES 
OF MODERN CARNIVAL 


^Comparison of Managerial Methods Employed with the 
Confetti Show and the Big Sawdust Attractions 


BY J. A. DABNABY. 

(Editor’s Note.—This is the first of a series of articles by Mr. Darnaby upon the 
irranizatlon and operation of carnival attractions. The varying fortunes of this 
important branch of the amusement business furnishes abundant food for thought 
I ind a solution of modern carnival problems promises great financial returns. These 
articles, written by a man of wide experience, should prove of great interest.) 


Having been commissioned to write 
for The_b'how World, a series of articles 
.pertaining to outdoor amusements, in 
which so many of us are vitally inter- 
steel, I shall attempt to cover only the 
Held I am most familiar with from prac¬ 
tical experience. 

The prime object being to place before 
ling proposi- 

■na», «= ... . comparisons 

between the carnival and the circus and 
attempt in this way to make such de¬ 
ductions as might benefit those earnestly 
desiring the betterment of conditions 
“ in this especial field. 

, YVe read much regarding the deatli 
knell of this once most popular of all 
1 forms of entertainment — and these death 
. cries come from whom? The dead ones? 
• Some times, but more often from live 
-■ hustlers who have abandoned a field 
j of endeavor where their best efforts 
: would have gained them a livelihood, 
\and drifted Into a business where ex¬ 
perience is most essential and the very 
■ factor they possess to the least degree. 

Moat of the articles I have read cover¬ 
ing the subject sound as though they 
emanated from the press agent whose 
imaginative genius and prolific pen 
allows of his writing advisedly on a 
subject he, in most cases, knows little 
\ about from practical experience. 




of comparisons and parallel t' " ' 

employed by the manager ot tne circus 
on the one hand, an institution with¬ 
standing the test of time—a field record¬ 
ing but few, very few failures—and the 
methods employed by the carnival man¬ 
ager, a field recording many disasters. 

I have no desire to belittle the efforts 
of the majority of the carnival fra¬ 
ternity and this article has not been sug¬ 
gested that I might heap laurels upon 
| the heads of the circus man. It is a 
.plain statement of facts that must be 
admitted and conditions that must be 
I overcome if the betterment of carnival 
conditions from a financial standpoint 
Is earnestly desired. 

In my opinion, the carnival organlza- 
llon of merit has quite as broad and 
lucrative a field as it ever enjoyed and 
I base this statement on the actual gross 
receipts of organizations with which 
I have been identified during the past 
, season—the most successful, I believe, 
/ In the history of the company's exist- 

I That my comparisons may impress 
; themselves more forcibly on our read¬ 
ers, will relate my first experience in 
securing an engagement with an open 
air attraction. Prior to the attempt to 
place myself with a reliable organiza¬ 
tion, I had been associated, after receiv¬ 
ing a good education, with several of 
the best house attractions, having writ¬ 
ten a play that, from a financial stand¬ 
point, proved fairly successful. My 
knowledge of the circus and carnival 
business was gained from a perusal of 
the weekly amusement papers, and ob- 
Mration*. I knew the principal or 
tent construction, understood it was 
necessary to have a master of trans¬ 
portation who understood loading a 
train, a boss hostler to properly care 
for tlio stock, a ring master to over¬ 
see the program and a general head to 
seep the show as a whole in working 
shape. I understood In a general way 
the advance and the manner of hand¬ 
ling the posting and newspapers. I 
was confident I could pass upon an act 
or almost any character and knew what 
such an act should receive in salary. 1 
had been accustomed to handling peo¬ 
ple, as I believed, diplomatically, and 
knew I could do so again. My early 
experience had fitted me reasonably well 
to feel certain of myself and this ex¬ 
perience had invested me with a knowl¬ 
edge of horses and I knew how to buy 
. straw and hay. 

I , With this accumulated knowledge, 
“eking the practical experience, j deter¬ 
mined on securing a contract where the 
opportunities for advancement would be 
Se„ K K ate 2 t ' 1 refuse d to entertain a 
tinught of failure and was confident 
or obtaining a managerial position, or 
) So8l„ e “g gt 0 a f ff boln k mentioned on the 

mnnai H re .j want y° u to note the de- 
i iki-L 0 . 1 the clrc,ls management and 
1 the requirements of the carnival man- 
i Mnn,, . T?, were but fow carnival com- 
at thl " time and these orgnntza- 
WithmT < ’ r, ‘ exceedingly worthy ones. 
.™“ t an exception they were man- 
55 ,,, Dy ™ e n of experience, who were 
™! y awake to the fact—as some are 
* the public would only pay 
’ see n e Bon, cthing they x\*inted to 
tn , h " d n °t seen before, nnd that 

ciiiee # th,s class of entertainment It 
called for eapltal and plenty of it. 


result of 
public are 


After addressing several letters to the 
different managers. Informing them of 
my past experience, I received an offer 
from each «f the carnival managers, but 
not one encouraging letter from a circus 
man. This very fact caused me to think, 
and the outcome of my deliberations 
was the acceptance of a minor position 
under John M. Burke, with the Buffalo 
Bill Wild West shows where 1 remained 
seven years. The circus manager 
wanted the practical experience and I 
realized how little my correspondence 
school education in the outdoor busi¬ 
ness counted, when I wanted work. 

Only after Major Burke had taken mo 
under his wing and I came in contact 
with men like Cooke, McCadden, Ander¬ 
son, Sheible and the heads of the Great 
Barnum & Bailey shows, who gave me 
counsel and assisted me in reaching a 
position and in gaining a knowledge of 
the business gratifying to myself and 
friends, only then did I fully understand 
and appreciate how’ essential is years of 
experience to the success of an amuse¬ 
ment venture; why the circus had made 
no room tor me then as a manager: and 
how little the carnival manager consid¬ 
ered experience. 

While the successful carnival men had 
many experienced associates, the carni¬ 
val was so attractive and offered such 
novelty that a school boy could have 
made money with many of the features 
offered. 1 contend a great many man¬ 
agers and others are laboring along 
under the impression that conditions 
never change. 

There Is no question but that the 
circus man owes his success — anjl there 
have been few failures — to the careful 
selecting of the business staff — men 
with high ideals and splendid foresight. 
The failure of most carnival organiza¬ 
tions can be directly attributed to In¬ 
experienced management. I do not mean 
to infer that all failures in the circus 
and carnival business are 
inexperienced management, 
many barriers to success tl 

totally in ignorance of an _ _ 

cite that you might understand how 
possible for an experienced force 
capable men sometimes to fail. 

failure I am going to outline Is 

ganlzation and attractions. _ 

the matter is, this especial organization 
could have never lived through the sea¬ 
son with its early encountered draw¬ 
backs, but for the high grade entertain¬ 
ment offered and the staff of expensive 

The owner of this, show determined 
on sending out the best carnival organ¬ 
ization the states had ever known. He 
engaged a manager in whom he had 
the utmost confidence, and directed him 
to employ men of known experience 
regardless of salary demands. The appli¬ 
cations for positions were carefully cen¬ 
sored; every department was given a 
manager capable of carrying out orders. 
One of the best publicity and newspaper 
men then in the field was engaged and, 
with his staff of assistants, turned the 
tide of adverse sentiment to the extent 
of making good territory where It had 
apparently been killed forever, and so 
impressed communities where the show 
wanted to exhibit, that they, on several 
occasions, showed under the auspices 
of church guilds and left these towns 
with written endorsements which paved 
the way for many other flattiering con¬ 
tracts. On these occasions there were 
no changes made in the class of enter¬ 
tainment, no shows eliminated and not 
a concession failed to pay or work all 
week. This organization carried a feat¬ 
ure attraction and it was an extra¬ 
ordinary one for carnival organizations. 
It attracted the better class of patron¬ 
age — people who did not ordinarily at¬ 
tend carnival attractions and there was 
seldom a seat left after the doors 
opened. The expense entailed in carry¬ 
ing so expensive a show precluded the 
possibility of its making much profit 
on the season, but It gave the company 
as an organization, immediate prestige 
and lifted it away above the usual en¬ 
tertainment. The books of the company 
showed by comparison that the smaller 
shows played to quite as much then as 
they had played to under other condi¬ 
tions and wherq the feature was not 
nearly so strong. There was only praise 
for the management and company on 
all sides and yet this same organiza¬ 
tion closed without having earned one 
.dollar on the investment. 

I have gone into detail with this 
especial exception to the rule I spoke 
of previously, because I am satisfied 
(Continued on Page 22.) 


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George W. Stewart as a measure for the 
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THE SHOW WORLD 


23 


WHEN WAS THAT FILM RELEASED? 


Licensed Films. 


Title. Kind. 

Passing of a Grouch .Comedy 

The Proposal.Comedy 

Two Little Waifs.Drama 

Walter No. 5.Drama 

The Fugitive .Drama 

Simple Charity .Drama 

Sunshine Sue.Drama 

LUBIN. 

Romance In the Rockies.Drama 

False Love and True .Drama 

Edith’s Avoirdupois .Comedy 

Brothers ..Drama 

Mike the Housemaid. 

The Taming of Wild Bill.Drama 

The Mystery of the Torn Note.Drama 

The Gambler’s Charm.Drama 


Data 

Thur.. Oct. 27 
Thur., Oct 27 


Mon., Oct. 24 
Thur., Oct. 27 
Thur., Oct 27 
Mon., Oct. 31 
Thur., Nov. 3 
, Mon., Nov. 7 
Thur., Nov. 10 
Thur., Nov. 10 

Mon., Oct. 24 Hagenbeck’s Menagerie .Edu. 

Wed., Oct 26 Motor Fiend .Comedy 

Wed., Oct. 26 Bruges, Belgium .Scenic 

Frl., Oct. 28 Max In the Alps.Comedy 

Frl., Oct. 28 Buffalo Fight .Topical 

Sat.. Oct. 29 The Indian and the Maid.Drama 

Mon Oct. 31 Max Has Trouble With His Eyes.Comedy 

Mon, Oct 31- New Style Inkwell.Comedy 

Mon., Oct. 31 Darjiling .Scenic 

*— 2 Cowboy Justice .Drama 

2 The Facorl Family . 

4 Woman of Samaria .Drama 

6 Abraham Lincoln’s Clemency .Drama 

7 Max In a Dilemma.Comedy 

7 Micro-Cinematography: Recurrent Fever. -**— 


Wed., Nov 
Wed., Nov 
Frl., Nov 
Sat., No- 
Mon.. No- 
Mon., Nov 
Wed., Nov 


Tues., Oct 
Frl., * Oct 
Tues., XT — 


Tues., Nov 
Wed., Nov 
Fit, Nov 


___„„„. _ 9 ___Educational 

Mexican Legend.Drama 1 

A Black Heart.Drama 

Dutch Types.Scenic 

A Gamblers End.Drama 1 

EDISON. 

HIs Breach of Discipline .Drama- 1 

The Swiss Guide .Drama 

The Key of Life .Drama 

Riders of the Plains.Drama 

Boy Scouts of America.Scenic 

The Little Station Agent.Drama 

A Trip Over the Rocky and Selkirk Moun¬ 
tains in Canada..-..Scenic 

The Lassie’s Birthday.Comedy 

The Ship’s Husband.Comedy ' 


_i Adoption...’......Drama 

Into the Jaws of Death...,.Drama 

VITAGBAPH. 

Frl., Oct. 21 Davy Jones’ Domestic Troubles.Comedy 

Sat., Oct. 22 Clothes Make the Man.Comedy 

Tues, Oct. 26 Jean Goes Foraging .Drama 

Frl., Oct. 28 Captain Barnacle's Chaperone .Comedy 

Sat., Oct. 29 The Telephone .Drama 


A Double Elopement .Drama 

The Children’s Revolt.Drama 

.„ On the Mountains of Kentucky.Drama 

Tues., Nov. 8 A Tale 6f a Hat.Comedy 

hm :.*im ii The Nine of Diamonds.Drama 

__ „ Jean Goes Fishing..-.Drama 

Tues., Nov. 16 Drumsticks .Drama 

ESSANAY. 

Wed., Oct. 6 All On Account of a Lie .Comedy. 

Sat.. Oct. 8 The Bearded Bandit .Drama 

Wed., OCt. 12 Hank and Lank—They Get Wise to a 

New Scheme .Comedy 

Wed., Oct. 12 Pap’s First Outing .Comedy 

Sat., Oct. 15 The Cowboy’s Mother-In-Law.Drama 

Wed.,' Oct. 19 Hank and Lank (Uninvited Guests).Comedy 

“ “**• Hiring a- --- 


A Day on the French Battleship, “Justice". 


Oct. 2 


_ Oct. 29 The Silent Message .Dra 

Tues., Nov. l-\ A Fortunate Misfortune.Drama 

Sat., Nov. 5 A Westerner’s? Way.Drama 

GATJMONT. 

(George Kline.) 

Sat. Oct. 15 The Romance of a Necklace.Drama 

Tues., Oct. 18 Grandmother’s Plot .Drama 

Tues., Oct. 18 Phantom Ride from Aix la Bains.Scenic 

Sat. Oct. 22 The Cheat .Drama 

Tues., Oct. 25 The First Gray Hair.Drama 


Tues., Oct. 25 The Amazon .Comedy 

Sat., Oct. 29 The Life of Moliore.Ora— 

iNSiJiiit-' • — —— ~— 


Lifeo, ....„.- —- 

______ . . u „Ji Were Stung .Cotjredy 

Tues., Nov. 1 Picturesque Majorca..Scenic 

Sat.. Nov. 5 The Fishing Smack .Drama 

Tues., Nov. 8 Pharoah: or. Israel in Egypt. Drama 

Sat., Nov. 12 Lisbon Before and During the Revolution... Scenic 

Sat., Nov. 12 Spanish Loyalty. 

,1 SELIG. 

Mon,, Oct. 24 The Ghost of the Oven...Comedy 

Mon., Oct. - - 


Mon., Oct 
TJiur., Nov 
Mon., Nov 
Mon., Nov 
Thur., Nov 

Wed., Oct 
Wed., Oct 
Wed., Oct 
Wed., Oct 


Wed.’, : 


27 Blasted Hopes .Drama 

31 - --- -- ~-- T '- 


The Lady Barbers .Comedy 

7 The Bachelor .Comedy 

10 The Vampire .Drama 

URBAN-ECLIPSE. 

19 In the Shadow of the Night.Drama 

19 Tunny Fishing off Palermo, Italy.Indus. 

26 The Signet Ring .Drama 

** Spreewald .Scenic 


Secret of the Celiar.'.....Drama 

Trip Through Scotland.Scenic 

KAIEM. 

Frl., Sept. 30 Spotted Snake’s Schooling .Drama 

Wed., Oct. 6 The Engineer’s Sweetheart .Drama 

FrL Oct. 7 Big Elks’ Turndown .Drama. 

Wed., Oct. 12 45 Minutes from Broadway.Comedy 

Fri.. Oct. 14 Winona.Drama 

Wed., Oct. 19 The Tyranny of the Dark.Drama 

£1.. Oct. 21 The Education of Elizabeth.Comedy 

Wed., Oct. 26 The Strongest Tie .Drama 

Wed.. Oct. 26 Indian Pete’s Gratitude .Drama 

Wed., Nov. 2 The Rough Rider’s Romance.Drama 

Frl.. Nov. 4 Silver Cloud’s Sacrifice .Drama 

Wed., Nov. 9 For a Woman’s Honor.Drama 

Frl., Nov. 11 The Attack on Fort Ridgely.Drama 


£ 


..Jr.. Nov. 3 Generous Customers .Comedy 

Thar., Nov. 10 A Mountain W’ife.Drama 

Thur.. Nov. 17 His Sergeant’s Stripes.Drama 


Independent Films 


AMERICAN 

Date. Title. Kind. 

Mon. Nov. 14 Romantic Redskins.Drama 

Thur., Nov. 17 The Lure of the City.Drama 

Mon., Nov. 21 Starlight’s Devotion.Drama 


Thur., Oct. 27 Mendelssohn’s Spring Song. 

Thur., Oct. 27 The Hobble Skirt.Comedy 

Mon., Oct. 31 The Idol’s Eye.Drama 

Thur., Nov. 3 Willie. .Drama 

Mon., Nov. 7 Keeping His Word . 


Thur., Nov. 17 Fortune’s Wheel.Drama 

GREAT NORTHERN. 

Set r>«t 29 Who is She? .i.Drama 

5 The Jewell Case .Drama 

6 A Fatal Picnic .Comedy 

. 12 World’s Wrestling Champions. 

-. 12 Mother-in-Law Arrives.Comedy 

" The Diamond Swindler.Drama 

N. Y. M. P. Itala. 

Thur., Oet 27 Ruin . 

Sat., Oct. 29 An Excursion on the Lake of Garda. 

Sat., Oct. 29 Foolshead Volunteer of the Red Cross. 

Thur., Nov. 3 The Fault of the Grandmother. 

” T — r The Suffering of Insomnia.Comedy 

Where Have I Put My Fountain Pen.i. Comedy 


Sat., Nov 
Sat., Nov 
Sat., Nov 
Sat., Nov 
Sat, Nov 


Wed., Oct. 1. _ _ r ... = .... 

Wed., Oct. 19 Excursion of the Chain of Mont Blanc. . 

Wed., Oct. 26 Tweedledum Wants to be a Jockey. 

Wed.. Oct. 26 Launching of the First Italian Dreadnaught 

Wed., Nov. 2 The Slave of Carthage.Drama 

Wed., Nov. 9 A Floating Message. 


NEW YORK MOTION PICTURE. 

The Girl Cowboy. 

A Red Girl’s Friendship. 

The Fatal Gold . 

Red Wing and the White Girl. 

. The Branded Man. 

Nov. 11 Bud’s Triumph. 

POWERS. 

1 The Sheriff and Miss Jones. 

1 Mental Science . 

5 A Russian Romance. 

8 Moonshine and Love. 

8 When Love Is Young. 

12 The Ordeal. 

IK How Women Love. 

15 That Woman Lawyer. 


Tues., Oct. 25 
Fri.. Oct. 28 
Tues., Nov. 1 
Fri.. Nov. ■ 
Tues., Nov. 


Tues., Nov. 
Tues , Nov. 
Sat., Nov. 
Tues., Nov. 
Tues., Nov. 


LUX. 

Thur., Oct. 27 Required Strength and Got It. 

Thur., Oct. 27 Where You Go I Go. 

Thur.. Nov. 3 Fatty Buys a Bath. 

Thur., Nov. 3 Her Diary . 

' Thur., Nov. 10 The Truth Revealed. 

Thur., Nov. 10 .Bill as a Boxer. 

ECLAIR. 

Frl., Oct. 28 The Pretty Dairy Maid (Cines). 

Mon., Oct. 31 The Manufacturing of Cheese at Roque 

Mon., Oct. 31 Little Mother . 

Fri., Nov. 4 A Wooden Sword (Cines). 

Mon.. Nov. 7 The Resurrection of Lazarus. 

Mon., Nov. 7 Religious Fetes at Tibet. 

Mon., Nov. 14 Ginhara, or Faithful Unto Death. 

Mon.. Nov. 14 The Devil’s Billiard Table. 

NESTOR FILM COMPANY. 
Wed., Oct. 19 The Boys of Topsy Turvy Ranch.... 
Wed.. Oct. 26 Rev. John Wright of Missouri.. 

Wed., Nov. ° ”-**-- 

Wed., Nov. 


. .Comedy 
. .Comedy 
. .Drama 
. .Drama 
. .Comedy 

.! Comedy 

. .Comedy 

. .Comedy 
. .Drama 
. .Drama 
. .Comedy 


. .Scenic 
. .Drama 
. .Comedy 


Fri., Oct 


14 Delightful Dolly . 

18 Oh, What a Knight!.. 

21 Their Child . 

26 Young Lord Stanley .. . 
28 The Fairies’ Hallowe’er 

1 Mistress and Maid. 

4 The American and the 


Thurs. Oct. 
Thur., Oct. 
Thur., Oct. 


.. ... .. rwboy. 

Thur. Dot. 27 A Clause In the will.. 
..Nov. 3 Cohen’s Generosity.. 


The Last Straw.. 

ATLAS riLM CO. 

A Touching Mys'tery. 

Turning of the Worm. 

J That Doggone Dog . 

The King of Beggars. 


Sun., Oct, i 
Wed., Nov. 

Wed., Nov. 

Wed., Nov. . ___HL--. 

Wed., Nov. 16 The Hand of Providence.. 

YANKEE FILM CO. 

Mon., Oct. 24 Solving the Bond Theft.. 

Mon., Oct. S' ” — - • — • 

Mon., Nov. 


Italian Sherlock Holmes .... 

.. Spirit of the West. 

Mon.. Nov. 14 The Case of the Missing Heir 

CHAMPION. 

Wed., Oct 26 Doings at the Ranch.. 

Wed., Nov. “ —-’ 


Caught by Cowboys . 


. .Comedy 
. .Drama 
. .Drama 
. .Comedy 


. .Comedy 
.. .Drama 
. . .Drama 
. . .Comedy 


. .Comedy 


. .Drama 


Sat., 


CAPITOL. 

Oct 22 The Locket . Drama 

RELIANCE. 

Sat., Nov. 12 Under a Changing Sky .Drama 

Sat., Nov. 19 Moulders of Souls.Drama 

SOLAK COMPANY. 

Fri., Nov. 4 A Fateful Gift.Drama 


t. Widow and Her Child.. 




Nov.- 

Sat., Oct. 29 In the Web- T.”7.~.~ _ 77. .Drama 

Sat., Nov. 12 The Heroine of 101 Ranch.Drama 

Sat., Nov. 19 Oklahoma Bill.Drama 
























































































































































































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